2 Samuel 19:7:92 Sam.19.7.W9TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:8
נִשְׁבַּ֤עְתִּי
nishbaatti
“I have sworn”
- Transliteration
- nish-ba-AT-ti
- Extended
- nihsh-bah-AHT-tih
- IPA
- /niʃ.baʕˈtːiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have sworn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
nish-ba-AT-ti
- phraseyour reading level
nish-ba-AT-ti ki-EN-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 oath clause introduced by ba-YHWH nishba‘ti {בַּיהוָה נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי | bə-y(h)ō-wāh nīš-baʿ-tî} ‘by the LORD I have sworn’ underscores divine-backed authority.
Root and etymology
š-b-ʿshin–bet–ayin
“to swear, take an oath”
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 19:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 19:7, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבַּ֤עְתִּי (nishbaatti) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.7.W9.S1) and character.