2 Chronicles 18:3:152 Chr.18.3.W15TAB
וּכְעַמְּךָ֣
ukheamkha
“and like your people”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-am-KHA
- Extended
- oo-kheh-ahm-KHAA
- IPA
- /uːxəʕamˈxɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like your people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-khe-am-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
u-khe-am-KHA a-MI
- clause
va-yo-MER LO ka-mo-NI kha-MO-kha u-khe-am-KHA a-MI ve-im-KHA ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yo-MER akh-AV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ha-te-LEKH im-MI ra-MOT gil-AD va-yo-MER LO ka-mo-NI kha-MO-kha u-khe-am-KHA a-MI ve-im-KHA ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The reply’s chiastic structure—kāmōnî {כָּמ֤וֹנִי | kāmōnî}, kāmōḵā {כָמ֙וֹךָ֙ | kāmōḵā}, ū-ʿamməḵā {וּכְעַמְּךָ֣ | ū-ʿamməḵā}, ʿammî {עַמִּ֔י | ʿammî}, wə-ʿimməḵā {וְעִמְּךָ֖ | wə-ʿimməḵā}—affirms mutual support.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:3
Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you join me in going to Ramoth Gilead?” He replied, “I am like you, and my people like your people; in the war we will stand with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 18:3, so the Hebrew word וּכְעַמְּךָ֣ (ukheamkha) 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.18.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.3.W15.S1) and character.