2 Kings 13:22:32 Kgs.13.22.W3TAB
אֲרָ֔ם
aram
“Aram”
- Transliteration
- a-RAM
- Extended
- ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ʔa.raːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Aram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh a-RAM
- clause
va-kha-za-EL ME-lekh a-RAM la-KHATS et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-kha-za-EL ME-lekh a-RAM la-KHATS et-yis-ra-EL KOL ye-ME ye-ho-a-KHAZ
Exegesis
The appositional construct melech Aram {מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם | mê-leḵ ʾă-rām} ‘king of Aram’ specifies his title.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-maleph–resh–mem
“elevated region”
In context — 2 Kings 13:22
And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout all the days of Jehoahaz .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 13:22, so the Hebrew word אֲרָ֔ם (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 Kgs.13.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.22.W3.S1) and character.