2 Samuel 20:9:42 Sam.20.9.W4TAB
הֲשָׁל֥וֹם
hashalom
“is there peace or well-being”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-LOM
- Extended
- hah-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ha.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- is there peace or well-being
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-sha-LOM a-TA
- clause
va-YO-mer yo-AV la-a-ma-SA ha-sha-LOM a-TA a-KHI
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-AV la-a-ma-SA ha-sha-LOM a-TA a-KHI va-TO-khez yad-ye-MIN yo-AV biz-KAN a-ma-SA lin-she-KA-lo
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive form vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech hashalom attah achi {הֲשָׁלוֹם אַתָּה אָחִי | hă-šā-lōm ’ă-t-tāh ’ā-ḥî} ‘is it peace with you, my brother’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–mem
“completeness, peace”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:9
Joab said to Amasa, “Is it peace with you, my brother?” And Joab grasped Amasa’s beard with his right hand to kiss him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 20:9, so the Hebrew word הֲשָׁל֥וֹם (hashalom) 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.20.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.9.W4.S1) and character.