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
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-KHE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.