2 Chronicles 18:2:112 Chr.18.2.W11TAB
וְלָעָ֖ם
velaam
“and for the people”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-AM
- Extended
- veh-laa-AAM
- IPA
- /vəlaːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-AM
- clause
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO
- sentence
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO va-ye-si-TE-hu la-a-LOT el-ra-MOT gil-AD
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:2
After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle in abundance for him and the people with him; then he induced him to go up to Ramoth Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 18:2, so the Hebrew word וְלָעָ֖ם (velaam) 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.18.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.2.W11.S1) and character.