1 Chronicles 19:5:91 Chr.19.5.W9TAB
נִכְלָמִ֣ים
nikhlamim
“ashamed”
- Transliteration
- nikh-la-MIM
- Extended
- nihkh-laa-MEEM
- IPA
- /niχlaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- ashamed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
nikh-la-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
nikh-la-MIM me-OD
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM nikh-la-MIM me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM nikh-la-MIM me-OD va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh she-VU vi-re-KHO AD a-sher-ye-tsam-MAKH ze-kan-KHEM ve-shav-TEM
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki-hayu {כִּי־הָי֥וּ | kî-hā-yû} ‘because they were’ introduces the participial clause ha-anashim nikhlamim meod {הָאֲנָשִׁים֖ נִכְלָמִים֣ מְאֹד | hā-ʾănāšîm nîḵlāmîm meʾōḏ} ‘the men were humiliated very’ describing their state.
Root and etymology
k-l-mkaf–lamed–mem
“to be ashamed, humiliated”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:5
And they went and told David about the men, and he sent to meet them because the men were greatly humiliated. Then the king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 19:5, so the Hebrew word נִכְלָמִ֣ים (nikhlamim) 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.19.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.5.W9.S1) and character.