2 Samuel 9:13:52 Sam.9.13.W5TAB
עַל־שֻׁלְחַ֥ן
alshulekhan
“upon the table of”
- Transliteration
- al-shu-le-KHAN
- Extended
- ahl-shuh-leh-KHAHN
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃuːlˈħan/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the table of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-shu-le-KHAN
- phraseyour reading level
KI al-shu-le-KHAN ha-ME-lekh
- clause
u-me-fi-VO-shet yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LAI-m KI al-shu-le-KHAN ha-ME-lekh ta-MID HU o-KHEL
- sentence
u-me-fi-VO-shet yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LAI-m KI al-shu-le-KHAN ha-ME-lekh ta-MID HU o-KHEL ve-HU fi-SE-akh she-TEI rag-LAV
Exegesis
That clause centers on the construct al-shulchan hammelekh tamid {עַל־שֻׁלְחַן הַמֶּלֶךְ תָּמִיד | ʿal-šul-ḥān ha-me-leḵ tā-mîd} ‘at the king’s table continually’, where tamid {תָּמִיד | tā-mîd} ‘continually’ modifies the participle ochel {אֹכֵל | ʾō-ḵēl} ‘eats’.
Root and etymology
sh-l-ḥshin–lamed–chet
“to spread, set”
In context — 2 Samuel 9:13
And Mephiboshet lived in Jerusalem, because he partook perpetually of the king’s table ; and he was lame in both feet.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 9:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 9:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־שֻׁלְחַ֥ן (alshulekhan) 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.9.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.9.13.W5.S1) and character.