1 Chronicles 17:21:21 Chr.17.21.W2TAB
כְּעַמְּךָ֣
keammekha
“like your people”
- Transliteration
- ke-am-ME-kha
- Extended
- keh-ahm-MEH-khah
- IPA
- /kəʕamˈmɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like your people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ke-am-ME-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL
- clause
u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets
- sentence
u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM
Exegesis
The comparative kə‘amməḵâ yiś-rā’ēl {כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | kə-‘ammə-ḵâ yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘like Your people Israel’ stresses unique election.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:21
And who is like Your people Israel, one nation on earth, for whom God went to redeem for Himself a people, and to make for You a name through great and awesome deeds , driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt, from among the nations?
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 17:21, so the Hebrew word כְּעַמְּךָ֣ (keammekha) 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.17.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.21.W2.S1) and character.