2 Samuel 22:19:62 Sam.22.19.W6TAB
מִשְׁעָ֖ן
mishean
“a support”
- Transliteration
- mish-e-AN
- Extended
- mihsh-eh-AAN
- IPA
- /miʃəˈʕaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a support
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-e-AN
- clause
va-ye-HI ye-ho-VAH mish-e-AN LI
- sentence
ye-kad-MU-ni be-YOM E-di va-ye-HI ye-ho-VAH mish-e-AN LI
Exegesis
In the verbless clause YHWH {יְהוָ֛ה | Yə-hō-wāh} miš-ʿān lî {מִשְׁעָ֖ן לִֽי | miš-ʿān lî} ‘the LORD was a support to me’, placing the divine name first heightens the focus on divine assistance, and the suffix in miš-ʿān underscores personal reliance.
Root and etymology
ש־ע־ן
“to support, lean on”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:19
They met me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD became my support .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:19, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁעָ֖ן (mishean) 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.22.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.19.W6.S1) and character.