2 Chronicles 23:16:62 Chr.23.16.W6TAB
כָּל־הָעָ֖ם
kalhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- KAL-ha-AM
- Extended
- KAAL-hah-AHM
- IPA
- /kɔl.hɑːˈʕɑːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
KAL-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEIN KAL-ha-AM
- clause
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-ya-DA be-RIT be-NO u-VEIN KAL-ha-AM u-VEIN ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-ya-DA be-RIT be-NO u-VEIN KAL-ha-AM u-VEIN ha-ME-lekh lih-ye-HOT le-AM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A coordinated series of prepositional phrases introduced by bēnō {בֵּינ֕וֹ | be-nō} and ū-bēyn {וּבֵ֥ין | ū-bein} lists the participants: Jehoiada, kol-hā-‘ām {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hā-‘ām} ‘all the people’, and ha-melekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ha-me-leḵ} ‘the king’.
Root and etymology
ʻ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:16
Then Jehoiada established a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they would be a people for the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 23:16, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הָעָ֖ם (kalhaam) 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.23.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.16.W6.S1) and character.