2 Samuel 22:20:22 Sam.22.20.W2TAB
לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב
lammerkhav
“to the broad place”
- Transliteration
- lam-MER-khav
- Extended
- lahm-MEHR-khahv
- IPA
- /lam.mɛrˈħaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the broad place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
lam-MER-khav
- phraseyour reading level
va-yot-SE lam-MER-khav
- clause
va-yot-SE lam-MER-khav o-TI
- sentence
va-yot-SE lam-MER-khav o-TI ye-khal-tse-NI ki-kha-FETS BI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lammərchav {לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב | lammərchav} ‘to a broad place’ functions as a spatial metaphor for liberation.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-bresh–ḥet–bet
“to be wide, broad”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:20
He brought me out into a spacious place ; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:20, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב (lammerkhav) 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.22.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.20.W2.S1) and character.