1 Chronicles 16:43:21 Chr.16.43.W2TAB
כָל־הָעָ֖ם
kholhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- khol-ha-AM
- Extended
- khol-haa-AAM
- IPA
- /kɔl.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khol-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM
- clause
va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM ISH le-vei-TO
- sentence
va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM ISH le-vei-TO va-yis-SOV da-VID le-va-REKH et-BEI-to
Exegesis
The phrase kol-haam {כָל־הָעָ֖ם | kol-hāʿām} expresses the whole group, then the distributive construction ish {אִ֣ישׁ | ʾîš} + leveito {לְבֵית֑וֹ | lə-vêṯô} specifies that the departure occurred person-by-person to one’s own household.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mAyin–Mem–Mem
“people, kin-group”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:43
And all the people went, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:43:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 16:43, so the Hebrew word כָל־הָעָ֖ם (kholhaam) 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 1 Chr.16.43.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.43.W2.S1) and character.