2 Samuel 24:2:52 Sam.24.2.W5TAB

אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ

asherito

who was with him

Transliteration
a-SHER-i-TO
Extended
ah-SHEHR-ih-TOH
IPA
/ʔăˈʃɛr.ʔitˈtoː/

Meaning by language

English
who was with him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֲ + שֶׁר + אִ + תּ֗וֹ
a + sher + i + to
asherito

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER-i-TO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-yo-AV sar-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER-i-TO

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh el-yo-AV sar-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER-i-TO SHUT-NA be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL mi-DAN ve-ad-be-ER SHE-va u-fik-DU et-ha-AM

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh el-yo-AV sar-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER-i-TO SHUT-NA be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL mi-DAN ve-ad-be-ER SHE-va u-fik-DU et-ha-AM ve-ya-DAT-ti ET mis-PAR ha-AM

Exegesis

The verb ufikdu {וּפִקְד֖וּ | u-fiq-dû} ‘number, register’ is a Qal imperative denoting an official census action, and the purpose clause veyadati et mispar ha-am {וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י אֵ֖ת מִסְפַּ֥ר הָעָֽם | wə-yā-ḏaʿ-tî ʾēt mis-par hā-ʿām} ‘and I will know the number of the people’ uses the Qal perfect first person singular. In English, the Hebrew V–S–O order is adapted to S–V–O to ensure clarity while preserving the original command sequence, scope markers, and explanatory purpose.

Root and etymology

ש־ר־ר

to have dominion

In context2 Samuel 24:2

And the king said to Joab, the commander of the army who was with him, “Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and enroll the people so that I may know the number of the people.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 24:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 24:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ (asherito) 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.24.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.24.2.W5.S1) and character.