2 Samuel 19:12:32 Sam.19.12.W3TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:13
עַצְמִ֥י
atsemi
“my bone”
- Transliteration
- a-tse-MI
- Extended
- ah-tseh-MEE
- IPA
- /ʕatsˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my bone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-tse-MI
- phraseyour reading level
a-tse-MI u-ve-sa-RI
- clause
a-KHAI a-TEM a-tse-MI u-ve-sa-RI a-TEM
- sentence
a-KHAI a-TEM a-tse-MI u-ve-sa-RI a-TEM ve-la-MA tih-HE-YU a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
It then uses the construct chain atzmi u-vesari {עַצְמִי וּבְשָׂרִי | ʿaṣmî u-və-ṣārî} ‘my bone and my flesh’, a Hebrew idiom for closest relatives.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:12
My brothers, you are my own bone and my flesh ; so why should you be the last to bring back the king ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 19:12, so the Hebrew word עַצְמִ֥י (atsemi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.19.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.12.W3.S1) and character.