2 Chronicles 8:2:42 Chr.8.2.W4TAB
חוּרָם֙
khuram
“Hiram”
- Transliteration
- khu-RAM
- Extended
- khoo-RAAM
- IPA
- /ħuːˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hiram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khu-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER na-TAN khu-RAM
- clause
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER na-TAN khu-RAM li-shlo-MO ba-NA she-lo-MO o-TAM
- sentence
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER na-TAN khu-RAM li-shlo-MO ba-NA she-lo-MO o-TAM va-yo-SHEV SHAM ET-be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘that’ identifies these as the towns natan {נָתַן | nā-ṭan} ‘gave’ by Khuram {חוּרָם | ḥu-rām} to Solomon.
Root and etymology
ח־ו־ר
“noble”
In context — 2 Chronicles 8:2
Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him, and he settled the sons of Israel in them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 8:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 8:2, so the Hebrew word חוּרָם֙ (khuram) 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.8.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.8.2.W4.S1) and character.