2 Samuel 19:35:202 Sam.19.35.W20TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:36
יִֽהְיֶ֣ה
yihye
“will he be”
- Transliteration
- yih-ye
- Extended
- yih-yeh
- IPA
- /vəlaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will he be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
yih-ye
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-MA yih-ye av-de-KHA
- clause
ben-she-MO-nim sha-NA a-no-KHI ha-YOM ha-e-DA ben-TOV le-RA im-yit-AM av-de-KHA et-a-SHER o-KHAL ve-et-a-SHER esh-TE im-esh-MA OD be-KOL sha-RIM ve-sha-ROT ve-la-MA yih-ye av-de-KHA OD le-ma-SA
- sentence
ben-she-MO-nim sha-NA a-no-KHI ha-YOM ha-e-DA ben-TOV le-RA im-yit-AM av-de-KHA et-a-SHER o-KHAL ve-et-a-SHER esh-TE im-esh-MA OD be-KOL sha-RIM ve-sha-ROT ve-la-MA yih-ye av-de-KHA OD le-ma-SA el-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The final clause uses yiḥyêh {יִהְיֶה | yiḥ-yêh} and the noun lə-maśśāʾ {לְמַשָּׂא | lə-maś-sāʾ} to frame the speaker’s existence as a burden, creating a cumulative rhetorical effect that conveys humility and the weight of age before the king.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:35
I am a son of eighty years this day; can I discern between what is pleasing and what is not? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I still hear the voice of male and female singers? And why should your servant remain a burden to my lord the king?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:35:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Samuel 19:35, so the Hebrew word יִֽהְיֶ֣ה (yihye) 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.19.35.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.35.W20.S1) and character.