2 Samuel 19:24:172 Sam.19.24.W17TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:25
אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א
asherba
“when he came”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ba
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-baa
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.baː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when he came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ba
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ba be-sha-LOM
- clause
ad-ha-YOM a-SHER-ba be-sha-LOM
- sentence
u-me-fi-VO-shet ben-sha-UL ya-RAD lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-a-SA rag-la-VAIV ve-LO-a-SA se-fa-MO ve-ET-be-ga-DAV LO khi-BES le-min-ha-YOM LE-khet ha-ME-lekh ad-ha-YOM a-SHER-ba be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
Temporal framing appears in the prepositional phrases min-hayom-lēkhet-hammelech {מִן־הַיּוֹם לֵכֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ | min-hayom lē-kheth-ham-mé-lekh} ‘from the day of the king’s departure’ and ad-hayom-asher-ba {עַד־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר־בָּא | ’aḏ-hayom ’a-šer-bā} ‘until the day he came’ plus be-shalom {בְּשָׁלוֹם | bə-šā-lōm} ‘in peace’. The paratactic negations and parallel temporal clauses convey the prolonged duration of Mephibosheth’s mourning and loyalty.
Root and etymology
ש־ר
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:24
And Mephibosheth, son of Saul, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet , nor trimmed his beard , nor washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:24:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 19:24, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א (asherba) 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.19.24.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.24.W17.S1) and character.