2 Samuel 20:10:82 Sam.20.10.W8TAB
אֶל־הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ
elhakhomesh
“to the belly or to the abdomen”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-KHO-mesh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-KHOH-mehsh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈħoːmɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the belly or to the abdomen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
el-ha-KHO-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh
- clause
va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT
- sentence
va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT ve-yo-AV va-a-vi-SHAI a-KHIV ra-DAF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI
Exegesis
The Hifil imperfect vayakkehu {וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩ | wa-yak-ke-hū} ‘he struck him’ and the locative el-hachomesh {אֶל־הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ | ’el-ha-ḥo-mesh} ‘into the abdomen’ pinpoint the violence.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-šchet–mem–shin
“abdomen”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:10
And Amasa was not alert to the sword in Joab’s hand, and Joab struck him with it in the abdomen , and his intestines spilled to the ground; he did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikhri.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 20:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ (elhakhomesh) 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.20.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.10.W8.S1) and character.