2 Kings 13:7:52 Kgs.13.7.W5TAB

עָ֗ם

am

army

Transliteration
AM
Extended
AAM
IPA
/ʕaːm/

Meaning by language

English
army

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    AM

  2. clause

    KI LO hish-e-IR li-ye-ho-a-KHAZ AM KI im-kha-mi-SHIM pa-ra-SHIM va-a-sa-RA RE-khev va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM rag-LI

  3. sentence

    KI LO hish-e-IR li-ye-ho-a-KHAZ AM KI im-kha-mi-SHIM pa-ra-SHIM va-a-sa-RA RE-khev va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM rag-LI KI ib-be-DAM ME-lekh a-RAM va-ye-si-MEM ke-a-FAR la-DUSH

Exegesis

The beneficiary Jehoahaz is marked by the prepositional phrase li-yeho’aḥaz {לִיהוֹאָחָז | li-yə-hô-ʼā-ḥaz} ‘to Jehoahaz’ with ʿam {עָם | ʿam} ‘people’ as its object.

Root and etymology

Rootp–ʿ–m

occurrence, step

In context2 Kings 13:7

For the king of Aram did not leave any people for Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Aram destroyed them and made them like the dust to be trampled.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 13:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 13:7, so the Hebrew word עָ֗ם (am) 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.13.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.7.W5.S1) and character.