1 Chronicles 21:3:51 Chr.21.3.W5TAB
עַל־עַמּ֤וֹ
alammo
“upon his people”
- Transliteration
- al-AM-mo
- Extended
- ahl-AM-moh
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕamˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon his people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
al-AM-mo
- phraseyour reading level
yo-SEF ye-ho-VAH al-AM-mo ka-HEM
- clause
va-yo-MER yo-AV yo-SEF ye-ho-VAH al-AM-mo ka-HEM me-A fe-a-MIM ha-LO a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ku-LAM la-do-NI la-va-DIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER yo-AV yo-SEF ye-ho-VAH al-AM-mo ka-HEM me-A fe-a-MIM ha-LO a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ku-LAM la-do-NI la-va-DIM la-MA ye-vak-KESH ZOT a-do-NI la-MA yih-ye le-ash-MA le-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The pronominal suffix in ʿal-ʿam-mō {עַל־עַמּוֹ | ʿal-ʿam-mō} binds the covenant LORD to His people.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:3
And Joab said, “May the LORD add to His people a hundredfold. My lord the king, are they not all servants to my lord? Why does my lord seek this? Why should it become guilt for Israel?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 21:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־עַמּ֤וֹ (alammo) 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.21.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.3.W5.S1) and character.