2 Chronicles 23:12:42 Chr.23.12.W4TAB
הָעָם֙
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AHM
- IPA
- /haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
et-KOL ha-AM
- clause
va-tish-MA a-tal-ya-HU et-KOL ha-AM ha-ra-TSIM ve-ha-me-ha-le-LIM et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-tish-MA a-tal-ya-HU et-KOL ha-AM ha-ra-TSIM ve-ha-me-ha-le-LIM et-ha-ME-lekh va-ta-VO el-ha-AM BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks both kol haam {קוֹל הָעָם | qol hā-ʿām} ‘sound of the people’ and et hamelekh {אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ʾeṯ ham-me-leḵ} ‘the king’ as direct objects.
Root and etymology
ʻ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:12
When Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners , and the praise being raised for the king, she went to the people at the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 23:12, so the Hebrew word הָעָם֙ (haam) 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.23.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.12.W4.S1) and character.