2 Samuel 19:5:82 Sam.19.5.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:6
אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י
etpene
“{direct object marker} the face of”
- Transliteration
- et-pe-NE
- Extended
- eht-peh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.pnɛˈʔiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} the face of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-pe-NE
- clause
va-VA yo-AV el-ha-ME-lekh ha-BA-yit va-yo-MER ho-VASH-ta ha-YOM et-pe-NE kol-a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
va-VA yo-AV el-ha-ME-lekh ha-BA-yit va-yo-MER ho-VASH-ta ha-YOM et-pe-NE kol-a-va-DE-kha ham-me-mal-TIM et-naf-SHE-kha ha-YOM ve-ET NE-fesh ba-NE-kha u-ve-no-TE-kha ve-NE-fesh na-SHE-kha ve-NE-fesh pi-lag-SHE-kha
Exegesis
The construct chain et-penei kol-avadekha {אֶת־פְּנֵי כָל־עֲבָדֶיךָ | ʾet-pənê kol-ʿăwādeḵā} ‘the faces of all your servants’ idiomatically signals public shame.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:5
And Joab came to the king’s house and said, “Today you have shamed all your servants who delivered your life and the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י (etpene) 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.19.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.5.W8.S1) and character.