2 Samuel 22:9:22 Sam.22.9.W2TAB

עָשָׁן֙

ashan

smoke

Transliteration
a-SHAN
Extended
aa-SHAAN
IPA
/ʕaːˈʃaːn/

Meaning by language

English
smoke

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Result
עָ + שָׁן֙
a + shan
ashan

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    A-LA a-SHAN

  3. clause

    A-LA a-SHAN be-AP-po ve-ESH mi-PI-v to-KHEL

  4. sentence

    A-LA a-SHAN be-AP-po ve-ESH mi-PI-v to-KHEL ge-kha-LIM ba-A-RU mi-ME-nu

Exegesis

The first clause uses alah {עָלָה | ʿā-lāh} ‘went up’ with ashan {עָשָׁן | ʾā-šān} ‘smoke’ and the locative be-appo {בְּאַפּוֹ | bə-ʾā-pô} ‘in His nostrils,’ forming a metaphor for divine anger.

Root and etymology

ʿ-š-n

smoke, vapor

In context2 Samuel 22:9

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and fire devoured from His mouth; coals blazed out from Him.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 22:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:9, so the Hebrew word עָשָׁן֙ (ashan) 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.22.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.9.W2.S1) and character.