2 Samuel 20:14:42 Sam.20.14.W4TAB
אָבֵ֛לָה
avela
“to Abel”
- Transliteration
- a-VE-la
- Extended
- aa-VEE-lah
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈveːlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Abel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
a-VE-la
- clause
va-ya-VOR be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-VE-la u-VEIT ma-a-KHA ve-khol-ha-be-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-VOR be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-VE-la u-VEIT ma-a-KHA ve-khol-ha-be-RIM vi-ka-LE-hu va-yik-ka-ha-LU va-ya-VO-u af-a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The coordinated destinations ʼevelāh ū-Bêṯ Maʿăḵāh {אֶבֶלָה וּבֵית מַעֲכָה | ʼe-vel-ā ū-bêt ma-ʿă-kāh} specify endpoints.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b-l
“meadow”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:14
And he passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Beth Maakah, and all the Bikrites were gathered to him, and they came after him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 20:14, so the Hebrew word אָבֵ֛לָה (avela) 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.20.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.14.W4.S1) and character.