2 Samuel 19:7:222 Sam.19.7.W22TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:8
מִנְּעֻרֶ֖יךָ
minneurekha
“from your youth”
- Transliteration
- min-ne-u-RE-kha
- Extended
- mihn-neh-uh-REE-khah
- IPA
- /minːəʕuːˈrɛjxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from your youth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ne-u-RE-kha
- clause
KI va-ye-ho-VAH nish-ba-AT-ti ki-EN-kha yo-TSE im-ya-LIN ISH it-TE-kha ha-LAI-la ve-ra-A le-KHA ZOT mi-kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-ba-A a-LE-kha min-ne-u-RE-kha ad-a-TA
- sentence
ve-a-TA KUM TSE ve-da-BER al-LEV a-va-DE-kha KI va-ye-ho-VAH nish-ba-AT-ti ki-EN-kha yo-TSE im-ya-LIN ISH it-TE-kha ha-LAI-la ve-ra-A le-KHA ZOT mi-kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-ba-A a-LE-kha min-ne-u-RE-kha ad-a-TA
Exegesis
The temporal clause min-ne‘ûrēkha ʿad-ʿattāh {מִנְּעֻרֶיךָ עַד־עָתָּה | min-nə-‘u-rê-ḵā ʿad-ʿat-tāh} ‘from your youth until now’ locates enduring adversity. The English rendition preserves Hebrew word order and rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
nun–ayin–reshn–ʿ–r
“youth, servant”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:7
And now, arise, go out, and speak to the heart of your servants, for by the LORD I have sworn. Surely if you do not go out, no man will stay with you tonight; and this will be worse for you than all the calamity that has come upon you from your youth until now.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:7:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Samuel 19:7, so the Hebrew word מִנְּעֻרֶ֖יךָ (minneurekha) 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.19.7.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.7.W22.S1) and character.