1 Kings 20:28:131 Kgs.20.28.W13TAB
אֲרָם֙
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
a-SHER am-RU a-RAM
- clause
va-yig-GASH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an a-SHER am-RU a-RAM e-lo-HE ha-RIM ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-e-lo-HE a-ma-KIM HU
- sentence
va-yig-GASH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an a-SHER am-RU a-RAM e-lo-HE ha-RIM ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-e-lo-HE a-ma-KIM HU ve-na-TAT-ti et-kol-he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL ha-ZE be-ya-DE-kha vi-da-TE-tem ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The causal yaʿan {יַעַן | yaʿan} “because” introduces rationale leading into the parallel clause ʾăšer āmərû ʾāram ʾĕlōhē hārîm yəhōwāh wĕlō’ ʾĕlōhē ʿămāqîm hûʾ {אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ אֲרָם אֱלֹהֵי הָרִים יְהוָה וְלֹא־אֱלֹהֵי עֲמָקִים ה֑וּא | ʾăšer āmərû ʾāram ʾĕlōhē hārîm yəhōwāh wĕlō’ ʾĕlōhē ʿămāqîm hûʾ} “because Aram said the LORD is god of the hills but not of the valleys,” employing parallelism to assert God’s universal dominion.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-maleph–resh–mem
“highland”
In context — 1 Kings 20:28
And the man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Because Aram has said, “The LORD is the God of the mountains and not the God of the valleys,” I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 20:28, so the Hebrew word אֲרָם֙ (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.20.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.28.W13.S1) and character.