2 Kings 13:19:122 Kgs.13.19.W12TAB
אֶת־אֲרָ֖ם
etaram
“Aram”
- Transliteration
- et-a-RAM
- Extended
- eht-ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔăˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Aram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM
- clause
va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE
- sentence
va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE ve-a-TA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM tak-KE et-a-RAM
Exegesis
The perfect form hikkîtā {הִכִּיתָ | hikkîtā} ‘you struck’ with the direct-object marker et-ʾărām {אֶת־אֲרָם | ʾet-ʾărām} directs the act toward Aram.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-maleph–resh–mem
“elevated region”
In context — 2 Kings 13:19
And the man of God became angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Aram until it was completely destroyed . But now you will strike Aram only three times.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 13:19, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֲרָ֖ם (etaram) 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 Kgs.13.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.19.W12.S1) and character.