2 Samuel 20:12:122 Sam.20.12.W12TAB
מִן־הַֽמְסִלָּ֤ה
minhamsila
“from the highway”
- Transliteration
- min-ham-si-LA
- Extended
- mihn-hahm-sih-LAA
- IPA
- /min.hamsilˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the highway
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ham-si-LA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE
- clause
va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD
- sentence
va-a-ma-SA mit-go-LEL ba-DAM be-TOKH ham-si-LA va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD
Exegesis
The locatives ba-dam {בַּדָּ֖ם | ba-dam} ‘in the blood’ and be-tokh ham-mesilah {בְּתוֹךְ הַמְּסִלָּה | bə-tōkh ham-mĕ-sil-lāh} ‘in the middle of the roadway’ establish a public setting.
Root and etymology
Rootm-s-s
“to impose, press”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:12
And Amasa was wallowing in blood in the middle of the roadway, and the man saw that all the people stood still; so he turned Amasa off the roadway into the field and threw a garment over him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 20:12, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַֽמְסִלָּ֤ה (minhamsila) 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.20.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.12.W12.S1) and character.