1 Kings 17:20:61 Kgs.17.20.W6TAB
הֲ֠גַם
hagam
“also? even?”
- Transliteration
- ha-GAM
- Extended
- hah-GAHM
- IPA
- /hăˈɡam/
Meaning by language
- English
- also? even?
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-GAM
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
Exegesis
The interrogative particle hagām {הֲ֠גַם | hagām} introduces emphatic disbelief.
In context — 1 Kings 17:20
And he called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , is it also on the widow with whom I am sojourning, that You have brought harm by causing her son to die?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word הֲ֠גַם (hagam) 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.17.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.20.W6.S1) and character.