2 Samuel 22:1:52 Sam.22.1.W5TAB
הַשִּׁירָ֣ה
hashira
“the song”
- Transliteration
- ha-shi-RA
- Extended
- hah-shee-RAA
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃiːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the song
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-shi-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT
- clause
va-ye-da-BER da-VID la-ye-ho-VAH et-div-RE ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER da-VID la-ye-ho-VAH et-div-RE ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT be-YOM hi-TSIL ye-ho-VAH o-TO mi-KAF kol-o-ye-VAV u-mi-KAF sha-UL
Exegesis
The chain et-dibrei-hashirah-hazot {אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַשִּׁירָ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את | ʾet di·brê ha·śî·rā(h) ha·zôt} specifies “the words of this song.”
Root and etymology
š-y-r
In context — 2 Samuel 22:1
David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day the LORD brought him safe out of the grasp of all his enemies and from Saul’s grasp.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 22:1, so the Hebrew word הַשִּׁירָ֣ה (hashira) 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.22.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.1.W5.S1) and character.