2 Chronicles 24:23:72 Chr.24.23.W7TAB
אֲרָם֒
aram
“Aram or Syria”
- Transliteration
- a-RAM
- Extended
- ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ʔăˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Aram or Syria
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
KHEIL a-RAM
- clause
va-ye-HI lit-ku-FAT ha-sha-NA a-LA a-LAV KHEIL a-RAM va-ya-BO-u el-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im va-yash-KHI-tu et-kol-sa-REI ha-AM me-AM
- sentence
va-ye-HI lit-ku-FAT ha-sha-NA a-LA a-LAV KHEIL a-RAM va-ya-BO-u el-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im va-yash-KHI-tu et-kol-sa-REI ha-AM me-AM ve-khol-she-la-LAM shil-LE-KHU le-ME-lekh dar-ma-SEK
Exegesis
The subject cheil aram {חֵיל אֲרָם | ḥêyl ’ă-rām} ‘army of Aram’ with Qal perfect alah {עָלָה | ‘ālāh} ‘went up’ indicates the incursion.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:23
And it happened at the turn of the year that the army of Aram went up against him, came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their plunder to the king of Damascus .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 24:23, so the Hebrew word אֲרָם֒ (aram) 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.24.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.23.W7.S1) and character.