2 Samuel 21:12:172 Sam.21.12.W17TAB
בֵּֽית־שַׁ֗ן
betshan
“Beth-shan”
- Transliteration
- bet-SHAN
- Extended
- beet-SHAHN
- IPA
- /beːt.ˈʃan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Beth-shan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bet-SHAN
- phraseyour reading level
mer-KHOV bet-SHAN
- clause
a-SHER gan-VU o-TAM mer-KHOV bet-SHAN a-SHER ta-LOM te-la-UM SHAM ha-fe-le-sHIM SHAM-ma pe-lish-TIM be-YOM ha-KHOT pe-lish-TIM et-sha-UL ba-gil-BO-a
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-yik-KAKH et-a-tse-MOT sha-UL ve-et-a-tse-MOT ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO me-ET ba-a-LE ya-VESH gil-AD a-SHER gan-VU o-TAM mer-KHOV bet-SHAN a-SHER ta-LOM te-la-UM SHAM ha-fe-le-sHIM SHAM-ma pe-lish-TIM be-YOM ha-KHOT pe-lish-TIM et-sha-UL ba-gil-BO-a
In context — 2 Samuel 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead , who had stolen them from the plaza of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day that the Philistines struck Saul in Gilboa.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 21:12, so the Hebrew word בֵּֽית־שַׁ֗ן (betshan) 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.21.12.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.12.W17.S1) and character.