2 Samuel 20:8:62 Sam.20.8.W6TAB
וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א
vaamasa
“and Amasa”
- Transliteration
- va-a-ma-SA
- Extended
- vah-ah-mah-SAA
- IPA
- /vaʕămaˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Amasa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-a-ma-SA
- 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 vav-consecutives wa-ʿAmasā {וַעֲמָשָׂא | wa-ʿămāsā} ‘and Amasa’ and bā {בָּא | bā} ‘came’, and wə-Yoav {וְיוֹאָב | wə-yōʾāḇ} ‘and Joab’, together with the Pual participles ḥāgur {חָגוּר | ḥāgûr} ‘girded’ and meṣummedet {מְצוּמֶדֶת | meṣummedet} ‘fastened’, form a cumulative description of Joab’s attire.
Root and etymology
“burden bearer”
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 20:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א (vaamasa) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.8.W6.S1) and character.