2 Samuel 19:13:112 Sam.19.13.W11TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:14
יוֹסִ֔יף
yosif
“may he add”
- Transliteration
- yo-SIF
- Extended
- yoh-SEEF
- IPA
- /joːˈsiːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- may he add
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-SIF
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHO yo-SIF
- clause
KO ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF im-lo-O sar-tsa-VA ti-he-YE le-fa-NAI KOL-ha-ya-MIM TA-khat yo-AV
- sentence
ve-la-a-ma-SA TOM-re-U ha-lo-O A-ts-me u-ve-sa-RI A-TA KO ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF im-lo-O sar-tsa-VA ti-he-YE le-fa-NAI KOL-ha-ya-MIM TA-khat yo-AV
Exegesis
The oath formula koh ya’aseh li Elohim vekoh yosif {כֹּה יַעֲשֶׂה לִי אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יוֹסִיף} employs two parallel imprecations with divine subject expressed elliptically in the third person masculine singular.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:13
And to Amasa you shall say, “Are you not my bone and my flesh ? Thus may God do to me, and thus may He add, if you do not become commander of the army in place of Joab before me all the days.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 19:13, so the Hebrew word יוֹסִ֔יף (yosif) 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.19.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.13.W11.S1) and character.