1 Samuel 18:5:151 Sam.18.5.W15TAB
כָל־הָעָ֔ם
kalhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- KAL-ha-AM
- Extended
- KAAL-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ˈkɔl.haːˈʕaːm/
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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Word in context
- word
KAL-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
be-e-NE KAL-ha-AM
- clause
va-yi-TAV be-e-NE KAL-ha-AM ve-GAM be-e-NE av-DE sha-UL
- sentence
va-ye-TSE da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL yas-KEEL va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL AL an-SHE ha-mil-kha-MA va-yi-TAV be-e-NE KAL-ha-AM ve-GAM be-e-NE av-DE sha-UL
Exegesis
Parallel prepositional phrases be’einei kol-ha-ʿām {בְּעֵינֵי כָל־הָעָ֔ם | bə-ʿêynê kol-hā-ʿām} ‘in the eyes of all the people’ and be’einei ʿavdê šāʾūl {בְּעֵינֵי עַבְדֵי שָׁאֽוּל | bə-ʿêynê ʿavdê šāʾûl} ‘in the eyes of Saul’s servants’ underscore both public and official approval.
Root and etymology
כ־ל־ה
“to complete”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:5
And David went out wherever Saul sent him and acted wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war , and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 18:5, so the Hebrew word כָל־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 Sam.18.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.5.W15.S1) and character.