2 Chronicles 20:13:22 Chr.20.13.W2TAB
עֹמְדִ֖ים
omedim
“were standing”
- Transliteration
- o-me-DIM
- Extended
- oh-meh-DEEM
- IPA
- /ʕoməˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- were standing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
o-me-DIM
- clause
ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA o-me-DIM lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA o-me-DIM lif-NE ye-ho-VAH gam-ta-PAM ne-she-HEM u-ven-e-HEM
Exegesis
The participle standing {omdim {עֹמְדִים | ‘omdîm} ‘standing’} conveys sustained posture, leading into the prepositional phrase before {lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-pə-nê} ‘before’} the LORD {YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the LORD’}, establishing spatial proximity.
Root and etymology
‘-m-dayin–mem–dalet
“to stand, remain”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:13
And all Judah stood before the LORD , with their little ones , their wives, and their sons.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 20:13, so the Hebrew word עֹמְדִ֖ים (omedim) 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.20.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.13.W2.S1) and character.