2 Samuel 20:18:112 Sam.20.18.W11TAB
הֵתַֽמּוּ׃
hetammu
“they were finished or they concluded”
- Transliteration
- he-tam-MU
- Extended
- hee-tahm-MOO
- IPA
- /heː.tamˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were finished or they concluded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-tam-MU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHEN he-tam-MU
- clause
da-BER ye-dab-RU va-ri-sho-NA le-MOR sha-OL ye-sha-a-LU be-a-VEL ve-KHEN he-tam-MU
- sentence
va-to-MER le-MOR da-BER ye-dab-RU va-ri-sho-NA le-MOR sha-OL ye-sha-a-LU be-a-VEL ve-KHEN he-tam-MU
Exegesis
The closing veken hetammu {וְכֵ֥ן הֵתַמּוּ | wəkên hêṯammû} uses an adverb plus perfect verb to denote resolution. The English version shifts from the Hebrew verb-subject order to subject-verb-object for clarity.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:18
And she said, “They used to say at the beginning , ‘Surely one should ask at Abel ,’ and so they concluded the matter.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 20:18, so the Hebrew word הֵתַֽמּוּ׃ (hetammu) 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.20.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.18.W11.S1) and character.