1 Kings 14:23:21 Kgs.14.23.W2TAB
גַם־הֵ֧מָּה
gamhema
“also they”
- Transliteration
- gam-HE-ma
- Extended
- gahm-HEE-mah
- IPA
- /ɡamˈheːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- also they
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
gam-HE-ma
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM
- clause
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM AL kal-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kal-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The adverb gam {גַם | gam} ‘also’ intensifies the addition to previous practices.
In context — 1 Kings 14:23
And they also built for themselves high places, pillars , and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 14:23, so the Hebrew word גַם־הֵ֧מָּה (gamhema) 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 Kgs.14.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.23.W2.S1) and character.