2 Samuel 19:26:82 Sam.19.26.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:27
אֶחְבְּשָׁה־לִּ֨י
ekhbeshali
“I will saddle for myself”
- Transliteration
- ekh-be-SHA-li
- Extended
- ehkh-beh-SHAA-lee
- IPA
- /ʔɛχ.vəˈʃaː.lˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will saddle for myself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ekh-be-SHA-li
- phraseyour reading level
ekh-be-SHA-li ha-kha-MOR
- clause
KI-A-mar av-de-KHA ekh-be-SHA-li ha-kha-MOR ve-er-KAV a-LE-ha ve-E-lekh ET-ha-ME-lekh KI fis-SE-akh av-DE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh av-DI rim-MA-ni KI-A-mar av-de-KHA ekh-be-SHA-li ha-kha-MOR ve-er-KAV a-LE-ha ve-E-lekh ET-ha-ME-lekh KI fis-SE-akh av-DE-kha
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the Qal imperfect verbs eḥbbešā-lî {אֶחְבְּשָׁה־לִּי | ’eḥbbešā-lî} and wə’erkāḇ {וְאֶרְכַּב | wə’erkāḇ} express intended future actions. The direct object marker ’et in ’et-hamméleḵ shifts focus back to David accompanying the king.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ḥaleph–ḥet
“brother”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:26
And he said, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me , for I said, ‘I will saddle the donkey for myself, ride on it, and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:26, so the Hebrew word אֶחְבְּשָׁה־לִּ֨י (ekhbeshali) 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.19.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.26.W8.S1) and character.