2 Chronicles 13:17:22 Chr.13.17.W2TAB
בָהֶ֖ם
vahem
“against them”
- Transliteration
- va-HEM
- Extended
- vaa-HEHM
- IPA
- /vaːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KU va-HEM
- clause
va-yik-KU va-HEM a-vi-YA ve-am-MO
- sentence
va-yik-KU va-HEM a-vi-YA ve-am-MO mak-KA rab-BA va-yip-LU kha-la-LIM mi-yis-ra-EL kha-MESH-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bahem {בָהֶ֖ם | bāhem} specifies the opponents as the direct target of the attack, while the coordinated subject aviyyahu weammo {אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ וְעַמּ֖וֹ | ʾăvîyāhû wə-ʿammô} highlights that the king and his forces act together.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people struck them with a great blow , and 500,000 young men from Israel fell slain.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 13:17, so the Hebrew word בָהֶ֖ם (vahem) 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 2 Chr.13.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.17.W2.S1) and character.