1 Chronicles 18:5:21 Chr.18.5.W2TAB
אֲרַ֣ם
aram
“Aram or Syria”
- Transliteration
- a-RAM
- Extended
- ah-RAM
- IPA
- /ʔăˈram/
Meaning by language
- English
- Aram or Syria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-RAM dar-me-SEK
- clause
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA
- sentence
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The construct phrase ʾAram Dārmēśeḳ {אֲרַם דַּרְמֶשֶׂק | ʾAram Dārmēśeḳ} ‘Aram of Damascus’ specifies the particular Aramean group.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-mʾ-r-m
“highland”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:5
And the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah , and David struck down twenty-two thousand men in Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word אֲרַ֣ם (aram) 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.18.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.5.W2.S1) and character.