2 Samuel 20:16:102 Sam.20.16.W10TAB
עַד־הֵ֔נָּה
adhena
“up to here”
- Transliteration
- ad-HE-na
- Extended
- ahd-HEH-nah
- IPA
- /ʕad.ˈheːn.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- up to here
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-HE-na
- phraseyour reading level
ke-RAV ad-HE-na
- clause
shim-E-U shim-E-U im-ru-NA el-yo-AV ke-RAV ad-HE-na va-a-dab-be-RA e-LE-kha
- sentence
va-tik-RA i-SHA kha-kha-MA min-ha-Ir shim-E-U shim-E-U im-ru-NA el-yo-AV ke-RAV ad-HE-na va-a-dab-be-RA e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The direct address el Yo’av {אֶל־יוֹאָב | ʾel yō-’āḇ} marks the recipient, followed by the imperative k’rav ad-hena {קְרַב עַד־הֵנָּה | qə-raḇ ʿad-hē-nā} ‘come near up to here’, specifying proximity.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:16
And a wise woman called out from the city, “Hear! Hear! Say to Joab, ‘Come near here, and let me speak to you.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 20:16, so the Hebrew word עַד־הֵ֔נָּה (adhena) 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.20.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.16.W10.S1) and character.