2 Samuel 19:12:72 Sam.19.12.W7TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:13
תִהְי֜וּ
tihheyu
“will you be”
- Transliteration
- tih-HE-YU
- Extended
- tih-HEH-yoo
- IPA
- /tihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will you be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tih-HE-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-MA tih-HE-YU
- clause
ve-la-MA tih-HE-YU a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh
- 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
The imperfect verb tihyu {תִהְיוּ | tīhyû} ‘will you be’ forms a rhetorical question about continued attitude.
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 19:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 19:12, so the Hebrew word תִהְי֜וּ (tihheyu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.12.W7.S1) and character.