2 Samuel 23:20:122 Sam.23.20.W12TAB
מוֹאָ֔ב
moav
“Moab”
- Transliteration
- mo-AV
- Extended
- moh-AAV
- IPA
- /moːˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Moab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-AV
- clause
HU hi-KA ET she-NEI a-ri-EL mo-AV ve-HU ya-RAD ve-hi-KA et-ha-a-ri-YA ha-a-RI be-TOKH ha-BO-ar be-YOM ha-sha-LEG
- sentence
u-ve-na-YA-hu ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ben-ISH-khai kha-YIL rav-pe-a-LIM mik-kav-tse-EL HU hi-KA ET she-NEI a-ri-EL mo-AV ve-HU ya-RAD ve-hi-KA et-ha-a-ri-YA ha-a-RI be-TOKH ha-BO-ar be-YOM ha-sha-LEG
Exegesis
The noun phrase shnei ariel moav {שְׁנֵ֤י אֲרִיאֵל֙ מוֹאָ֔ב | šənē ʾărī’ēl mō’āḇ} ‘the two Ariel of Moab’ uses a numeral-noun-ethnonym sequence.
In context — 2 Samuel 23:20
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man renowned for valor, performed great deeds in Kabzeel and struck down the two Ariel of Moab, and he also went down and struck the lion in the midst of the pit on a snowy day.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 23:20, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָ֔ב (moav) 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.23.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.20.W12.S1) and character.