2 Samuel 21:2:122 Sam.21.2.W12TAB
אִם־מִיֶּ֣תֶר
immiyeter
“but from the remainder of”
- Transliteration
- im-mi-YE-ter
- Extended
- ihm-mih-YEH-tehr
- IPA
- /ʔim.mijˈjɛ.tɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- but from the remainder of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-mi-YE-ter
- phraseyour reading level
im-mi-YE-ter ha-e-mo-RI
- clause
ve-ha-giv-o-NIM LO mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-ma KI im-mi-YE-ter ha-e-mo-RI u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL nish-be-U la-HEM va-ye-vak-KESH sha-UL le-ha-ko-TAM be-kan-no-a-TO liv-nei-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh la-giv-o-NIM va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM ve-ha-giv-o-NIM LO mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-ma KI im-mi-YE-ter ha-e-mo-RI u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL nish-be-U la-HEM va-ye-vak-KESH sha-UL le-ha-ko-TAM be-kan-no-a-TO liv-nei-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction ki im-miyter {כִּי אִם־מִיֶּתֶר | kî ʼim-miyyéter} introduces a conditional clarification of ethnic origin.
Root and etymology
y-t-ryod–tav–resh
“what remains”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:2
And the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. The Gibeonites were not of the descendants of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn to them, yet Saul, in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah , sought to strike them down.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 21:2, so the Hebrew word אִם־מִיֶּ֣תֶר (immiyeter) 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.21.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.2.W12.S1) and character.