2 Chronicles 13:9:112 Chr.13.9.W11TAB
כְּעַמֵּ֣י
keame
“like the peoples of”
- Transliteration
- ke-a-ME
- Extended
- keh-ah-MEH
- IPA
- /kə.ʕamˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the peoples of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ke-a-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ke-a-ME ha-a-ra-TSOT
- clause
va-ta-a-SU la-KHEM ko-ha-NIM ke-a-ME ha-a-ra-TSOT kol-ha-BA le-ma-LE ya-DO be-FAR ben-ba-KAR ve-EI-lim shiv-A ve-ha-YA ko-HEN le-LO e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ha-LO hi-dakh-TEM et-KO-ha-NE ye-ho-VAH et-be-NE a-ha-RON ve-hal-vi-YIM va-ta-a-SU la-KHEM ko-ha-NIM ke-a-ME ha-a-ra-TSOT kol-ha-BA le-ma-LE ya-DO be-FAR ben-ba-KAR ve-EI-lim shiv-A ve-ha-YA ko-HEN le-LO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The comparison keammei haaratzot {כְּעַמֵּ֤י הָאֲרָצוֹת֙ | kəʿammê hāʾărāṣôṯ} ‘like the peoples of the lands’ highlights imitation of foreign cultic practice.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:9
Is it not so that you drove away the priests of the LORD —the sons of Aaron and the Levites—and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of the lands? Everyone who comes to consecrate his hand with a young bull and seven rams becomes a priest for what are not gods.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 13:9, so the Hebrew word כְּעַמֵּ֣י (keame) 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.13.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.9.W11.S1) and character.