2 Chronicles 18:15:42 Chr.18.15.W4TAB
עַד־כַּמֶּ֥ה
adkame
“until how much or how many”
- Transliteration
- ad-ka-ME
- Extended
- ahd-kah-MEH
- IPA
- /ʕað.kamˈmɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- until how much or how many
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ad-ka-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ad-ka-ME pe-a-MIM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-ME-lekh ad-ka-ME pe-a-MIM a-NI mash-bi-E-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-ME-lekh ad-ka-ME pe-a-MIM a-NI mash-bi-E-kha a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI rak-e-MET be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative ad-qammēh peʿāmîm {עַד־כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים | ʿad-qammēh pəʿāmîm} ‘how many times’ conveys rhetorical exasperation.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:15
And the king said to him, “How many times must I put you under oath to speak only the truth to me in the name of the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 18:15, so the Hebrew word עַד־כַּמֶּ֥ה (adkame) 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.18.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.15.W4.S1) and character.