2 Samuel 21:9:142 Sam.21.9.W14TAB
הֻמְת֜וּ
humte
“were put to death”
- Transliteration
- hum-TE
- Extended
- hoom-TOO
- IPA
- /humˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were put to death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hum-TE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE
- clause
ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE bi-ME ka-TSIR ba-ri-sho-NIM te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT ke-TSIR se-o-RIM
- sentence
va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE bi-ME ka-TSIR ba-ri-sho-NIM te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT ke-TSIR se-o-RIM
Exegesis
The passive perfect humməṯû {הֻמְת֜וּ | hum-me-ṯû} ‘they were put to death’ emphasizes the judicial outcome.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:9
And he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they impaled them on the hill before the LORD , and all seven fell together; they were put to death in the days of harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 21:9, so the Hebrew word הֻמְת֜וּ (humte) 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.21.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.9.W14.S1) and character.