1 Kings 20:22:171 Kgs.20.22.W17TAB
אֲרָ֖ם
aram
“Aram”
- Transliteration
- a-RAM
- Extended
- ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ʔăˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Aram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh a-RAM
- clause
KI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA ME-lekh a-RAM o-LE a-LE-kha
- sentence
va-yig-GASH ha-na-VI el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER LO LEKH hit-kha-ZAK ve-DA u-re-E ET a-sheR-ta-a-SE KI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA ME-lekh a-RAM o-LE a-LE-kha
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-maleph–resh–mem
“highland”
In context — 1 Kings 20:22
And the prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself , and be attentive to what you should do, for at the turning of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:22:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 20:22, so the Hebrew word אֲרָ֖ם (aram) 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.20.22.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.22.W17.S1) and character.