2 Samuel 20:5:22 Sam.20.5.W2TAB
עֲמָשָׂ֖א
amasa
“Amasa”
- Transliteration
- a-ma-SA
- Extended
- ah-mah-SAA
- IPA
- /ʕă.maːˈsɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Amasa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ma-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-lekh a-ma-SA
- clause
va-YE-lekh a-ma-SA le-haz-IK ET-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh a-ma-SA le-haz-IK ET-ye-hu-DA ve-yi-KHAR va-yo-KHER min-ha-mo-ED a-SHER ye-a-DO
Exegesis
The proper name ʿAmasā {עֲמָשָׂ֖א | ʿă-mā-śāʾ} functions as the subject.
Root and etymology
“burden bearer”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:5
And Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the appointed time that the king had set for him .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 20:5, so the Hebrew word עֲמָשָׂ֖א (amasa) 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.20.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.5.W2.S1) and character.