2 Chronicles 20:2:72 Chr.20.2.W7TAB
הָמ֥וֹן
hamon
“a multitude”
- Transliteration
- ha-MON
- Extended
- haa-MOHN
- IPA
- /hɔːˈmoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a multitude
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-MON
- phraseyour reading level
ha-MON RAV
- 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 noun phrase hamon rav {הָמוֹן רָב | hā-môn rāḇ} ‘a great multitude’ conveys threat magnitude.
Root and etymology
Rooth-m-n
“multitude, noise”
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 20:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 20:2, so the Hebrew word הָמ֥וֹן (hamon) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.2.W7.S1) and character.