2 Chronicles 20:11:22 Chr.20.11.W2TAB
גֹּמְלִ֖ים
gomlehim
“are repaying”
- Transliteration
- gom-le-HIM
- Extended
- gohm-leh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ɡoməˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are repaying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
gom-le-HIM
- clause
ve-hin-NE-HEM gom-le-HIM a-LE-nu
- sentence
ve-hin-NE-HEM gom-le-HIM a-LE-nu la-VO le-ga-re-SHE-nu mi-ye-ru-sha-TE-kha a-SHER ho-rash-TA-nu
Exegesis
The participle gōmlîm {גֹּמְלִ֖ים | gōmlîm} ‘are repaying’ forms the main predicate, conveying retributive action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:11
And behold, they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of Your inheritance , which You have caused us to inherit.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 20:11, so the Hebrew word גֹּמְלִ֖ים (gomlehim) 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.20.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.11.W2.S1) and character.