2 Samuel 21:1:192 Sam.21.1.W19TAB
עַֽל־אֲשֶׁר־הֵמִ֖ית
alasherhemit
“because he put to death”
- Transliteration
- al-a-sher-he-MIT
- Extended
- ahl-ah-shehr-heh-MEET
- IPA
- /had.daːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- because he put to death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
al-a-sher-he-MIT
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-sha-UL ve-el-BET ha-da-MIM al-a-sher-he-MIT et-ha-giv-o-NIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ra-AV bi-ME da-VID sha-LOSH sha-NIM sha-NA a-kha-RE sha-NA va-ye-vak-KESH da-VID et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-sha-UL ve-el-BET ha-da-MIM al-a-sher-he-MIT et-ha-giv-o-NIM
Exegesis
The causal clause introduced by al {עַל־ | ʿal} with asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă·šer} and hemit {הֵמִית | hē·mît} ‘he put to death’ assigns responsibility to Saul.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:1
Now it came to pass in the days of David that there was a famine for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD . The LORD said, “It is on account of Saul and of the house of blood , because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:1:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Samuel 21:1, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־אֲשֶׁר־הֵמִ֖ית (alasherhemit) 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.21.1.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.1.W19.S1) and character.