2 Chronicles 25:3:82 Chr.25.3.W8TAB
הַמַּכִּ֖ים
hammakim
“the ones striking”
- Transliteration
- ham-ma-KIM
- Extended
- hahm-mah-KEEM
- IPA
- /ham.makˈkiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones striking
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ham-ma-KIM
- clause
va-ya-ha-ROG et-a-va-DAV ham-ma-KIM et-ha-ME-lekh a-VIV
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER kha-ze-KA ham-mam-la-KHA a-LAV va-ya-ha-ROG et-a-va-DAV ham-ma-KIM et-ha-ME-lekh a-VIV
Exegesis
A Hifil participle clause hamakim {הַמַּכִּים | ham·ma·ḵîm} ‘striking’ functions as a restrictive relative clause modifying avadav {עֲבָדָיו | ʻă·wā·ḏā·yw} ‘his servants’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:3
When the kingdom had become secure under him, he put to death the servants who had struck down the king, his father .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 25:3, so the Hebrew word הַמַּכִּ֖ים (hammakim) 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.25.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.3.W8.S1) and character.