2 Samuel 20:3:172 Sam.20.3.W17TAB
וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
vaalehem
“and to them”
- Transliteration
- va-a-le-HEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-lee-HEHM
- IPA
- /vaʔăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-le-HEM
- clause
va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA
- sentence
va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT ad-YOM mu-TAN al-me-NUT kha-YUT
Exegesis
The verbs vayitnem beit-mishmeret {וַיִּתְּנֵם בֵּית־מִשְׁמֶרֶת | va-yit-nem beit-mish-me-ret} and vayekhalkelem vaalehem lo-va {וַיְכַלְכְּלֵם וַאֲלֵיהֶם לֹא־בָא | va-ye-khal-ke-lem va-a-lei-hem lo-va} describe provision without intimacy.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:3
And David came to his house in Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, concubines whom he had left to guard the house, and placed them in a house of custody . He provided for them, but to them he did not come. And they remained confined until the day of their death, living in widowhood .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (vaalehem) 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.20.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.3.W17.S1) and character.