2 Chronicles 18:3:162 Chr.18.3.W16TAB
עַמִּ֔י
ami
“my people”
- Transliteration
- a-MI
- Extended
- ahm-MEE
- IPA
- /ʕamˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MI
- 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 interrogative imperfect hatēlēkh {הֲתֵלֵ֥ךְ | həṯēlēḵ} with the suffix ʿimmî {עִמִּ֖י | ʿimmî} forms an invitation to accompany.
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.
Root and etymology
‘-m-dayin–mem–dalet
“to stand, establish”
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 18:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 18:3, so the Hebrew word עַמִּ֔י (ami) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.3.W16.S1) and character.