2 Samuel 23:9:132 Sam.23.9.W13TAB
נֶאֶסְפוּ־שָׁ֣ם
neesfusham
“were gathered there”
- Transliteration
- ne-es-FU-sham
- Extended
- neh-ehs-FOO-shaam
- IPA
- /nɛ.ʔɛsˈfuː.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- were gathered there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-es-FU-sham
- phraseyour reading level
ne-es-FU-sham la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
bi-she-lo-SHA ge-va-RIM ha-gi-bo-RIM im-da-VID be-khar-FAm ba-pe-lish-TIM ne-es-FU-sham la-mil-kha-MA va-ya-a-LU ISH yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-a-khe-RO ve-a-kha-RAV el-e-A-zar ben-da-DI do-DO ben-a-kho-KHI bi-she-lo-SHA ge-va-RIM ha-gi-bo-RIM im-da-VID be-khar-FAm ba-pe-lish-TIM ne-es-FU-sham la-mil-kha-MA va-ya-a-LU ISH yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
After the Niphal perfect neesfusham {נֶאֶסְפוּ־שָׁם | ne-ʾes-pû-šām} ‘they were gathered there’, the vav consecutive vayaalu {וַּיַעֲלוּ | va-ya-ʿă-lû} ‘and they went up’ describes the retreat of ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} and yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
RootŠīn–Mēm–Mēm
“name, reputation, fame”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:9
And after him was Eleazar, son of Dodo the Ahohite , one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 23:9, so the Hebrew word נֶאֶסְפוּ־שָׁ֣ם (neesfusham) 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.23.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.9.W13.S1) and character.