2 Samuel 21:4:172 Sam.21.4.W17TAB
אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה
eese
“shall I do”
- Transliteration
- e-e-SE
- Extended
- eh-eh-SEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.ʕɛˈsɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall I do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-e-SE
- phraseyour reading level
e-e-SE LA-khem
- clause
va-yo-MER MA-a-TEM o-me-RIM e-e-SE LA-khem
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER MA-a-TEM o-me-RIM e-e-SE LA-khem
Exegesis
The imperfect eeseh {אֶעֱשֶׂה | ʾeʿeśeh} ‘I will do’ + lakhem {לָכֶֽם | lā-ḵem} ‘for you’ forms a strong pledge. The interplay of conjunctions, existential clauses, and infinitives maintains Hebrew’s rhetorical balance and emphasizes David’s commitment.
Root and etymology
ע־שׂ־ה
“to do, make”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:4
And the Gibeonites said to him, “We have no silver or gold with Saul or with his house, nor do we have any man to kill in Israel.” And he said, “Say what you require, and I will do it for you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה (eese) 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.21.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.4.W17.S1) and character.