2 Samuel 20:25:32 Sam.20.25.W3TAB
סֹפֵ֑ר
sofer
“scribe or secretary”
- Transliteration
- so-FER
- Extended
- soh-FEHR
- IPA
- /soːˈfeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- scribe or secretary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
so-FER
- clause
ve-SI u-she-VA so-FER
- sentence
ve-SI u-she-VA so-FER ve-tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR ko-ha-NIM
Exegesis
U-sheva {וּשְׁוָא | ū-šə-wā} ‘and Sheva’ links directly to sofer {סֹפֵר | sō-fēr} ‘scribe’ without an explicit copula, mirrored by ve-tsadok {וְצָד֥וֹק | wə-ṣā-ḏō-q} ‘and Zadok’ and ve-evyatar {וְאֶבְיָתָר | wə-’eb-yā-tār} ‘and Abiathar’ forming kohanim {כֹּהֲנִים | kō-hă-nīm} ‘priests.’ English supplies “was/were” or “served as” to render the implied verb, preserving the catalog-like tone of the appointment list.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsamekh–pey–resh
“to count, write, record”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:25
And Sheva was scribe , and Zadok and Abiathar were priests .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 20:25, so the Hebrew word סֹפֵ֑ר (sofer) 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.20.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.25.W3.S1) and character.