2 Chronicles 20:2:102 Chr.20.2.W10TAB
לַיָּ֖ם
layam
“to the sea”
- Transliteration
- la-YAM
- Extended
- lah-YAAM
- IPA
- /laˈj.jɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sea
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-YAM
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-ver la-YAM
- clause
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-GI-du li-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR BA a-LE-kha ha-MON RAV me-E-ver la-YAM me-a-RAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-GI-du li-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR BA a-LE-kha ha-MON RAV me-E-ver la-YAM me-a-RAM ve-hin-NAM be-kha-tsi-TSON ta-MAR HI EN ge-DI
Exegesis
The coordinated spatial phrases me-eiver la-yam me-’Aram {מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם מֵאֲרָם | me-‘ē-ḇer la-yyām me-’ā-rām} determine origin and direction.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:2
And they came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude has come against you from beyond the sea, from Aram, and behold, they have reached Hazezon Tamar —that is, En Gedi.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 20:2, so the Hebrew word לַיָּ֖ם (layam) 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.20.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.2.W10.S1) and character.