2 Chronicles 20:2:112 Chr.20.2.W11TAB
מֵאֲרָ֑ם
mearam
“from Aram”
- Transliteration
- me-a-RAM
- Extended
- mee-ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /meːʔăˈrɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Aram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-RAM
- 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 20:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 20:2, so the Hebrew word מֵאֲרָ֑ם (mearam) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.2.W11.S1) and character.