2 Samuel 19:32:22 Sam.19.32.W2TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:33
זָקֵ֣ן
zaken
“was old”
- Transliteration
- za-KEN
- Extended
- zaa-KEEN
- IPA
- /zaːˈqeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- was old
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-KEN
- phraseyour reading level
za-KEN me-OD
- clause
u-var-zil-LAI za-KEN me-OD ben-she-mo-NIM sha-NA
- sentence
u-var-zil-LAI za-KEN me-OD ben-she-mo-NIM sha-NA ve-HU-KHIL-kal et-ha-ME-lekh be-shi-va-TO be-ma-kha-NA-yim KI-ISH ga-DOL HU me-OD
Exegesis
The predicative phrase zaken me’od {זָקֵן מְאֹד | za-qen me-'od} ‘very old’ describes the subject.
Root and etymology
z-q-nzayin–qoph–nun
“to grow old”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:32
Now Barzillai was very old, and he had provided provisions to the king during his stay in Mahanaim , for he was a very great man.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 19:32, so the Hebrew word זָקֵ֣ן (zaken) 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.19.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.32.W2.S1) and character.