1 Kings 18:25:121 Kgs.18.25.W12TAB
אַתֶּ֖ם
atem
“you”
- Transliteration
- a-TEM
- Extended
- ah-TEHM
- IPA
- /ʔatˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- you
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
KI a-TEM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu lin-vi-E ha-BA-al ba-kha-RU la-KHEM ha-PAR ha-e-KHAD va-a-SU ri-sho-NA KI a-TEM ha-ra-BIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu lin-vi-E ha-BA-al ba-kha-RU la-KHEM ha-PAR ha-e-KHAD va-a-SU ri-sho-NA KI a-TEM ha-ra-BIM ve-kir-U be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem ve-ESH LO ta-si-MU
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּ֥י | kî} ‘because’ plus the nominal clause attem hā-rabbîm {אַתֶּם הָרַבִּים | attem hārabbîm} ‘you are many’ provides causal reasoning.
In context — 1 Kings 18:25
And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal , “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, because you are many, and call on the name of your gods , but do not put fire to it.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 18:25, so the Hebrew word אַתֶּ֖ם (atem) 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.18.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.25.W12.S1) and character.