2 Samuel 19:6:182 Sam.19.6.W18TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:7
אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ahv-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
av-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI
- clause
KI hig-GAD-ta ha-YOM KI EN le-KHA sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM KI ya-da-TI ha-YOM KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI ve-kul-LA-nu ha-YOM me-TIM KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha
- sentence
le-a-ha-VA et-so-ne-E-kha u-le-sin-O et-o-ha-VE-kha KI hig-GAD-ta ha-YOM KI EN le-KHA sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM KI ya-da-TI ha-YOM KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI ve-kul-LA-nu ha-YOM me-TIM KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha
Exegesis
The conditional lu-avshalom {לוּ־אָבְשָׁל֣וֹם | lū-ʾāḇ-šā-lōm} introduces a counterfactual protasis, leading to the result clause with the collective ve-kullanu {וְכֻלָּ֖נוּ | wə-kul-lā-nû} ‘all of us’ and the participle metim {מֵתִ֑ים | mē-tîm} ‘dead,’ heightening hyperbole.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־מ
“peace”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:6
To love those who hate you and to hate those who love you, for you have declared today that neither princes nor servants matter to you. For I know today that if Avshalom were alive and we were all dead today, it would be right in your eyes.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 19:6, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם (avshalom) 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.19.6.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.6.W18.S1) and character.