2 Samuel 21:14:22 Sam.21.14.W2TAB
אֶת־עַצְמוֹת־שָׁא֣וּל
etatsmotshaul
“the bones of Saul”
- Transliteration
- ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul
- Extended
- EET-ah-tseh-moh-T-SHAA-uul
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ʕatsˈmoːt.ʃaˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the bones of Saul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO
- clause
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO be-E-rets bin-ya-MIN be-TSE-la be-KE-ver KISH a-VIV va-ya-a-SU KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO be-E-rets bin-ya-MIN be-TSE-la be-KE-ver KISH a-VIV va-ya-a-SU KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh va-ye-a-TER e-lo-HIM la-A-rets a-kha-RE-KHEN
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces ʿatsmôt Šāʾûl wə-Yəhōnāṯān bə-nô {עַצְמוֹת־שָׁאוּל וִיהוֹנָתָן־בְּנוֹ} as “the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son,” highlighting family honor. Three nested prepositional phrases (bə-ʾereṣ Bin-yāmîn | bə-ṣēlāʿ | bə-qēḇer Qīš ʾāvîw) locate the burial precisely.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–ṣādê–mēm
“bone”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father, and they did all that the king commanded. And God was entreated for the land after this.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עַצְמוֹת־שָׁא֣וּל (etatsmotshaul) 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.21.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.14.W2.S1) and character.