2 Samuel 19:30:112 Sam.19.30.W11TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:31
בְּשָׁלֹ֖ום
beshalom
“in peace”
- Transliteration
- be-sha-LOM
- Extended
- beh-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /bə.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in peace
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-sha-LOM
- clause
a-kha-RE a-sher-BA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh be-sha-LOM el-BE-to
- sentence
va-YO-mer me-fi-VO-shet el-ha-ME-lekh GAM et-ha-KOL yik-KAKH a-kha-RE a-sher-BA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh be-sha-LOM el-BE-to
Exegesis
The temporal clause acharei asher-ba-adoni hamelekh {אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר־בָּא־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾaḥărê ʾăšer-bāʾ-ʾăḏonî hammeleḵ} “after my lord the king has come” joins with the locative beshalom el beito {בְּשָׁלוֹם אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ | bəšālôm ʾel-bêṯô}, conveying arrival with restored completeness.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Lamed–Mem
“completeness, peace”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:30
And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 19:30, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׁלֹ֖ום (beshalom) 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.19.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.30.W11.S1) and character.