2 Samuel 5:21:22 Sam.5.21.W2TAB
אֶת־עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם
etatsavehem
“{direct object} their idols”
- Transliteration
- et-a-tsa-VE-hem
- Extended
- eht-ah-tsah-VEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕătsabˈbeːhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} their idols
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-tsa-VE-hem
- clause
va-ya-za-VU-SHAM et-a-tsa-VE-hem
- sentence
va-ya-za-VU-SHAM et-a-tsa-VE-hem va-yis-SA-em da-VID va-a-na-SHAV
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} introduces atzabeihem {עֲצַבֵּיהֶם | ă-ṣab-bê-hem} ‘their idols,’ bearing a third person plural suffix for possession.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-b
“idol, image”
In context — 2 Samuel 5:21
And they abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 5:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 5:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם (etatsavehem) 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.5.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.5.21.W2.S1) and character.