2 Samuel 20:8:122 Sam.20.8.W12TAB
לְבֻשׁ֗וּ
levushu
“that he wore”
- Transliteration
- le-vu-SHU
- Extended
- leh-vuh-SHOO
- IPA
- /ləvuˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he wore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
le-vu-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU
- clause
ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL
- sentence
HEM im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER be-giv-ON va-a-ma-SA BA lif-ne-HEM ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL
In context — 2 Samuel 20:8
They were at the great stone which is in Gibeon when Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with his garment—his outer robe—and had a sword fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went out, the sword fell.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word לְבֻשׁ֗וּ (levushu) 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.20.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.8.W12.S1) and character.