2 Samuel 23:14:32 Sam.23.14.W3TAB
בַּמְּצוּדָ֑ה
bametsuda
“in the stronghold”
- Transliteration
- ba-me-tsu-DA
- Extended
- bah-meh-tsoo-DAA
- IPA
- /bam.mətsuːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the stronghold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
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ba-me-tsu-DA
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AZ ba-me-tsu-DA
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ve-da-VID AZ ba-me-tsu-DA
- sentence
ve-da-VID AZ ba-me-tsu-DA u-mats-TSAV pe-lish-TIM AZ BET LA-khem
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-metsudah {בַּמְּצוּדָה | ba-mmə-ṣû-ḏā(h)} ‘in the stronghold’ locates David within a specific fortified site.
Root and etymology
RootṢade–Vav–Dalet
“to hunt, capture”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:14
And David was then in the stronghold , and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 23:14, so the Hebrew word בַּמְּצוּדָ֑ה (bametsuda) 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.23.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.14.W3.S1) and character.