1 Kings 16:21:71 Kgs.16.21.W7TAB
הָעָ֜ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AHM
- IPA
- /haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-TSI ha-AM
- clause
kha-TSI ha-AM ha-YA a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT le-ham-li-KHO ve-ha-kha-TSI a-kha-RE om-RI
- sentence
AZ ye-kha-LEK ha-AM yis-re-EL la-KHE-tsi kha-TSI ha-AM ha-YA a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT le-ham-li-KHO ve-ha-kha-TSI a-kha-RE om-RI
Exegesis
The Niphal imperfect yeḥāleq {יֵחָלֵק | yē-ḥā-lēq} ‘were divided’ conveys a passive action on the subject hā-ʿām yīs-rā-ʾēl {הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל | hā-ʿā-m yīs-rā-ʾēl} ‘the people of Israel’.
The paired phrase la-ḥē-ṣî ḥa-ṣî {לַחֵצִי חֲצִי | la-ḥē-ṣî ḥa-ṣî} ‘into half, half’ expresses partition, echoed by the construct ḥa-ṣî hā-ʿām {חֲצִי הָעָם | ḥa-ṣî hā-ʿā-m} ‘half the people’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–mem
“people”
In context — 1 Kings 16:21
Then the people of Israel were divided into two halves; half of the people was following Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and the other half was following Omri.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:21, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֜ם (haam) 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.16.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.21.W7.S1) and character.