2 Samuel 19:13:52 Sam.19.13.W5TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:14
וּבְשָׂרִ֖י
uvesari
“and my flesh”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-sa-RI
- Extended
- oo-veh-sah-REE
- IPA
- /uːvəsɔːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-ve-sa-RI
- phraseyour reading level
ha-lo-O A-ts-me u-ve-sa-RI
- clause
ve-la-a-ma-SA TOM-re-U ha-lo-O A-ts-me u-ve-sa-RI A-TA
- 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 interrogation halo {הֲלוֹא} anticipates a rhetorical affirmation, linking atzmi veuvsari {עַצְמִי וּבְשָׂרִי} “my bone and my flesh” in a Hebraic merism for close family.
Root and etymology
ב־ש־ר
“flesh, body”
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 19:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 19:13, so the Hebrew word וּבְשָׂרִ֖י (uvesari) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.13.W5.S1) and character.