2 Samuel 23:17:52 Sam.23.17.W5TAB
מֵעֲשֹׂ֣תִי
measoti
“from doing”
- Transliteration
- me-a-SO-ti
- Extended
- mee-ah-SOH-tih
- IPA
- /meː.ʕăˈsɔː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from doing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-SO-ti
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-SO-ti ZOT
- clause
va-YO-mer kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH me-a-SO-ti ZOT ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM be-na-fsho-TAM ve-LO a-VA lish-te-TAAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH me-a-SO-ti ZOT ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM be-na-fsho-TAM ve-LO a-VA lish-te-TAAM E-le A-su she-LO-shet ha-gi-bo-RIM
Exegesis
The phrase me’asoti zot {מֵעֲשֹׂתִי זֹאת | mē‘ăśōtî zôt} functions as the abhorrence object.
In context — 2 Samuel 23:17
And he said, “Far be it from me, LORD , to do this! Is it not the blood of the men who went with their lives? And he would not consent to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 23:17, so the Hebrew word מֵעֲשֹׂ֣תִי (measoti) 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.23.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.17.W5.S1) and character.