2 Samuel 23:28:32 Sam.23.28.W3TAB
מַהְרַ֖י
mahherai
“Maharai”
- Transliteration
- mah-he-RAI
- Extended
- mahh-heh-RAI
- IPA
- /mah.həˈraj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Maharai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mah-he-RAI
- sentence
tsal-MON ha-a-KHO-khi mah-he-RAI han-ne-to-fa-TI
Exegesis
The syntax features parallel appositions where each personal name (tsalmon {צַלְמוֹן֙ | ṣal-mōn} ‘Tsalmon’, mahrai {מַהְרַ֖י | maḥ-rā-ʾî} ‘Maharai’) is directly followed by its ethnonym (aḥōḥî {הָֽאֲחֹחִ֔י | hā-’a-ḥō-ḥî} ‘the Ahohite’, netōpāṯî {הַנְּטֹפָתִֽי | han-ne-tō-pā-ṯî} ‘the Netophathite’) without conjunction, a typical roster construction. The ha- prefix on the ethnonyms functions as a definite article marking origin. The enumeration omits copula and conjunctions, producing a concise list of individuals in a military or genealogical register.
Root and etymology
m-h-rmem–he–resh
“to hasten”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:28
Tsalmon the Ahohite , Maharai the Netophathite
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 23:28, so the Hebrew word מַהְרַ֖י (mahherai) 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.23.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.28.W3.S1) and character.