2 Samuel 22:49:22 Sam.22.49.W2TAB
מֵאֹֽיְבָ֑י
meyovai
“from my enemies”
- Transliteration
- me-yo-VAI
- Extended
- mee-yoh-VAAI
- IPA
- /meːʔojˈvaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from my enemies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
me-yo-VAI
- clause
u-mo-tsi-I me-yo-VAI
- sentence
u-mo-tsi-I me-yo-VAI u-mik-ka-MAI te-rom-me-NI me-ISH kha-ma-SIM ta-tsi-LE-ni
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases me’oyevay {מֵאֹֽיְבָ֑י | mē-’ō-yē-ḇāy} ‘from my enemies’ and umiqqamay {וּמִקָּמַי֙ | ū-mi-qqā-māy} ‘from those who rise up against me’ specify sources of threat.
Root and etymology
’-y-baleph–yod–bet
“enemy”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:49
You bring me out from my enemies; from those who rise up against me you lift me up; from violent men You deliver me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:49:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:49, so the Hebrew word מֵאֹֽיְבָ֑י (meyovai) 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.22.49.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.49.W2.S1) and character.