2 Samuel 21:17:82 Sam.21.17.W8TAB
נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩
nishbeu
“they swore”
- Transliteration
- nish-be-U
- Extended
- nihsh-beh-OO
- IPA
- /niʃ.bəˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they swore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-be-U
- phraseyour reading level
AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO
- clause
AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-e-ZAR-lo a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-mi-TE-hu AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Direct speech is framed by the Niphal perfect nišbə‘û {נִשְׁבְּעוּ | nišbə‘û} plus infinitive lēmôr {לֵאמֹר | lēmôr}.
Root and etymology
sh-b-‘shin–bet–ayin
“to swear”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid and struck the Philistine down, putting him to death. Then the men of David swore an oath to him, saying, “You shall not go out with us again to battle , and you will not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 21:17, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩ (nishbeu) 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.21.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.17.W8.S1) and character.