2 Samuel 20:6:162 Sam.20.6.W16TAB
פֶּן־מָ֥צָא
penmatsa
“lest he find”
- Transliteration
- pen-ma-TSA
- Extended
- pehn-maa-TSAA
- IPA
- /pɛn.maːˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest he find
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
pen-ma-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
pen-ma-TSA LO
- clause
a-TA KAKH et-av-DE a-do-NE-kha u-re-DOF a-kha-RAIV pen-ma-TSA LO a-RIM be-tsu-ROT ve-hi-TSIL e-NE-nu
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI a-TA ye-RA la-NU SHE-va ben-bik-RI min-av-sha-LOM a-TA KAKH et-av-DE a-do-NE-kha u-re-DOF a-kha-RAIV pen-ma-TSA LO a-RIM be-tsu-ROT ve-hi-TSIL e-NE-nu
Exegesis
The paired Qal imperatives qaḥ {קַ֞ח | qaḥ} ‘take’ and wə-rədōp̄ {וּרְדֹ֣ף | wə-rədōp̄} ‘pursue’ form a command series, with the warning clause introduced by the negative particle pen-maṣṣāʾ {פֶּן־מָ֥צָא | pen-maṣṣāʾ} ‘lest he find’.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:6
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bikhri will do us more harm than did Absalom. Take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities and escape our notice.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 20:6, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־מָ֥צָא (penmatsa) 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.20.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.6.W16.S1) and character.