2 Samuel 23:6:12 Sam.23.6.W1TAB
וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל
uveliyaal
“and worthless-ness or wickedness”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-li-YA-al
- Extended
- oo-veh-lih-YA-ahl
- IPA
- /u.və.lijˈja.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and worthless-ness or wickedness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-li-YA-al
- clause
u-ve-li-YA-al ke-KOTS mu-NAD kul-LA-ham
- sentence
u-ve-li-YA-al ke-KOTS mu-NAD kul-LA-ham KI-LO ve-YAD yik-KA-khu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunctive noun beliyaal {בְּלִיַּ֕עַל | bĕlî-yaˈal} ‘worthless person’, where the vav prefix links this clause to the preceding context and frames the subject as contemptible.
Root and etymology
b-l-ʿb l ʿ
“worthless”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:6
But worthless men are all like banished thorns, for they cannot be taken by hand .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 23:6, so the Hebrew word וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל (uveliyaal) 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.23.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.6.W1.S1) and character.