2 Chronicles 16:1:112 Chr.16.1.W11TAB
אֶת־הָרָמָ֑ה
etharama
“Ramah”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ra-MA
- Extended
- eht-haa-rah-MAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːraːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ramah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-ra-MA
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA le-vil-TI TET yo-TSE va-VA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The object et-haramah {אֶת־הָרָמָ֑ה | ʾet-hārāmāh} identifies the targeted site.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:1
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign , Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah , so that he would not permit anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 16:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָרָמָ֑ה (etharama) 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.16.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.1.W11.S1) and character.