2 Samuel 20:8:22 Sam.20.8.W2TAB
עִם־הָאֶ֤בֶן
imhaeven
“with the stone”
- Transliteration
- im-ha-E-ven
- Extended
- ihm-hah-EH-vehhn
- IPA
- /ʕimhaˈʔɛvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the stone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ha-E-ven
- phraseyour reading level
im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA
- clause
HEM im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER be-giv-ON va-a-ma-SA BA lif-ne-HEM
- 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
Exegesis
The opening pronoun hem {הֵם | hēm} functions as the narrative subject, followed by the locative phrase im-even {עִם־הָאֶבֶן | ʿim-ha-ʾeḇen} ‘with the stone’, where the maqqef binds the article to even.
Root and etymology
א־ב־ן
“stone, rock”
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 20:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word עִם־הָאֶ֤בֶן (imhaeven) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.8.W2.S1) and character.