1 Chronicles 17:22:21 Chr.17.22.W2TAB
אֶת־עַמְּךָ֨
etammekha
“{direct object} your people”
- Transliteration
- et-am-me-KHA
- Extended
- eht-am-meh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕam.məˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} your people
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-am-me-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
et-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL le-KHA
- clause
va-tit-TEN et-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL le-KHA le-AM ad-o-LAM
- sentence
va-tit-TEN et-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL le-KHA le-AM ad-o-LAM ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH ha-YI-ta la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The construct phrase amkha Yisrael {עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿam-mə-kha yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘Your people Israel’ denotes membership, reinforced by the prepositional lekha {לְךָ | lə-khā} ‘to You’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:22
And You gave Israel, Your people, to Yourself as an enduring people, and You, LORD , have become their God .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 17:22, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עַמְּךָ֨ (etammekha) 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.17.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.22.W2.S1) and character.