2 Chronicles 23:12:62 Chr.23.12.W6TAB
וְהַֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖ים
vehamehalelim
“and the praising ones”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-me-ha-le-LIM
- Extended
- veh-hah-meh-hah-leh-LEEM
- IPA
- /və.ham.ha.ləˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the praising ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-me-ha-le-LIM
- 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 participles haratsim {הָֽרָצִים | hā-rā-ṣîm} ‘the runners’ (Qal stem) and vehamhalelim {וְהַֽמְהַֽלְלִים | wə-ham-me-hal-lê-lîm} ‘those praising’ (Piel stem) depict concurrent crowd activity.
Root and etymology
ה־ל־ל
“to praise”
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 23:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 23:12, so the Hebrew word וְהַֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖ים (vehamehalelim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.12.W6.S1) and character.