2 Chronicles 19:6:42 Chr.19.6.W4TAB
מָֽה־אַתֶּ֣ם
maatem
“what you”
- Transliteration
- MA-a-tem
- Extended
- MAA-ah-tehm
- IPA
- /ˈmaː.ʔat.tɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- what you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MA-a-tem
- phraseyour reading level
MA-a-tem o-SIM
- clause
va-YO-mer el-ha-sho-fe-TIM re-U MA-a-tem o-SIM KI LO le-a-DAM tish-pe-TU KI la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ha-sho-fe-TIM re-U MA-a-tem o-SIM KI LO le-a-DAM tish-pe-TU KI la-ye-ho-VAH ve-im-ma-KHEM bid-VAR mish-PAT
Exegesis
The imperative reu {רְאוּ | rəʾû} ‘see’ functions as a warning to evaluate conduct, and the interrogative-plus-pronoun phrase mah-atem {מָה־אַתֶּם | māh-ʾat-tem} with the participle osim {עֹשִׂים | ʿōśîm} forms the object clause ‘what you are doing’, placing their actions under scrutiny.
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:6
And he said to the judges , “See what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD ; and He is with you in the matter of judgment.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 19:6, so the Hebrew word מָֽה־אַתֶּ֣ם (maatem) 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.19.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.6.W4.S1) and character.