2 Samuel 19:41:102 Sam.19.41.W10TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:42

אַחֵ֨ינוּ

akhenu

our brothers

Transliteration
a-KHE-nu
Extended
ah-KHEE-noo
IPA
/ʔaˈħeːnuː/

Meaning by language

English
our brothers

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אַ + חֵ֨י + נוּ
a + khe + nu
akhenu

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-KHE-nu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to et-ha-yar-DEN ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID im-MO

  4. sentence

    ve-hin-NE KOL-Ish yis-ra-EL ba-IM el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to et-ha-yar-DEN ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID im-MO

Exegesis

The verb ganbukha {גָּנְבוּךָ | gan-bû-ḵā} ‘stole you away’ conveys unauthorized removal, followed by the construct acheinu yehuda {אַחֵינוּ יְהוּדָה | ʼaḥê-nû yə-hū-dā} ‘our brothers Judah’ identifying the responsible tribal group.

Root and etymology

ʾ-ḥaleph–ḥet

brother

In context2 Samuel 19:41

And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to him, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king, his household, and all of David’s men across the Jordan with him?”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 19:41:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 19:41, so the Hebrew word אַחֵ֨ינוּ (akhenu) 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.19.41.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.41.W10.S1) and character.