2 Chronicles 32:6:42 Chr.32.6.W4TAB
עַל־הָעָ֑ם
alhaam
“over the people”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-AM
- Extended
- ahl-haa-AAM
- IPA
- /ʕal.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-AM
- clause
va-yit-TEN sa-RE mil-kha-MOT al-ha-AM
- sentence
va-yit-TEN sa-RE mil-kha-MOT al-ha-AM va-yik-bet-TSAM e-LAV el-re-KHOV SHA-ar ha-IR va-ye-dab-BER al-le-va-VAM le-MOR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-haam {עַל־הָעָם | ʿal-hā-ʿām} marks authority ‘over the people’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, community”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:6
And he appointed commanders of the armies over the people, and he gathered them to himself at the square of the city gate, and he spoke to their heart , saying,
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 32:6, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָעָ֑ם (alhaam) 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.32.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.6.W4.S1) and character.