1 Kings 18:39:21 Kgs.18.39.W2TAB
כָּל־הָעָ֔ם
kalhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- kal-ha-AM
- Extended
- kaal-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /kɔl.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
kal-ha-AM
- clause
va-YAR kal-ha-AM va-yip-LU al-pe-NE-hem
- sentence
va-YAR kal-ha-AM va-yip-LU al-pe-NE-hem va-yo-ME-ru ye-ho-VAH HU ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ho-VAH HU ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The phrase kol haʿam {כָּל־הָעָם | kâl hā·ʿam} ‘all the people’ serves as a collective subject.
In context — 1 Kings 18:39
And all the people saw and fell on their faces and said, “The LORD is God; the LORD is God.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:39, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הָעָ֔ם (kalhaam) 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.18.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.39.W2.S1) and character.