2 Kings 14:4:52 Kgs.14.4.W5TAB
הָעָ֛ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AHM
- IPA
- /haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
OD ha-AM
- clause
OD ha-AM me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-RIM ba-ba-MOT
- sentence
RAK ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-RU OD ha-AM me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-RIM ba-ba-MOT
Exegesis
The adverb od {עוֹד | ʿôḏ} ‘still’ shifts from the status of the sites to the ongoing behavior of ha-am {הָעָם | hāʿām} ‘the people’.
In context — 2 Kings 14:4
Only the high places were not removed ; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 14:4, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֛ם (haam) 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.14.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.4.W5.S1) and character.