2 Samuel 20:2:142 Sam.20.2.W14TAB

וְעַד־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

veadyerushalayim

and as far as Jerusalem

Transliteration
ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Extended
veh-ahd-yeh-roo-shah-LAA-yeem
IPA
/vəʕad.jə.ruː.ʃaːˈlaːjim/

Meaning by language

English
and as far as Jerusalem

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Result
וְ + עַד + יְ + רוּ + שָׁ + לָֽ͏ + ִם׃
ve + ad + ye + ru + sha + la + yim
veadyerushalayim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

  2. clause

    ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

  3. sentence

    va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

Exegesis

The locative expression min-hayarden ve-ad-yerushalayim {מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן וְעַד־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | min-ha-yar-dēn wə-ʿad yə-rū-šā-lā-yim} ‘from the Jordan to Jerusalem’ specifies the geographical boundary. English SVO order is adopted and the adversative sense is rendered with “but.”

In context2 Samuel 20:2

So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 20:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word וְעַד־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ (veadyerushalayim) 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.20.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.2.W14.S1) and character.