2 Chronicles 23:10:22 Chr.23.10.W2TAB
אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֜ם
etkolhaam
“the whole people”
- Transliteration
- et-KOL-ha-AM
- Extended
- eht-KOHL-hah-AHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.kɔːl.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the whole people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-KOL-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MED et-KOL-ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-a-MED et-KOL-ha-AM ve-ISH shil-KHO be-ya-DO mik-KE-tef ha-BA-yit ha-ye-ma-NIT ad-KE-tef ha-BA-yit has-se-ma-LIT lam-miz-BE-akh ve-la-BA-yit
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED et-KOL-ha-AM ve-ISH shil-KHO be-ya-DO mik-KE-tef ha-BA-yit ha-ye-ma-NIT ad-KE-tef ha-BA-yit has-se-ma-LIT lam-miz-BE-akh ve-la-BA-yit al-ha-ME-lekh sa-VIV
Exegesis
The direct-object marker ʾeṯ {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} precedes kol-hā-ʿām {כָּל־הָעָ֜ם | kol-hā-ʿām} ‘all the people’, indicating total inclusion.
Root and etymology
ʻ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:10
He positioned all the people as a guard, each man holding his weapon in his hand, stretching from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, near the altar and near the house, enclosing the king .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 23:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֜ם (etkolhaam) 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.23.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.10.W2.S1) and character.