2 Kings 16:3:142 Kgs.16.3.W14TAB
אֹתָ֔ם
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- clause
ve-GAM et-be-NO he-e-VIR ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ve-GAM et-be-NO he-e-VIR ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer hōriš YHWH ʾōṯām mipnē bənē yiśrāʾēl {אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʾăšer hōriš YHWH ʾōṯām mipnē bənē yiśrāʾēl} ‘which the LORD dispossessed from before the sons of Israel’ provides the causal-historical background, with the hiphil emphasizing divine agency in expulsion. English preserves the Hebrew narrative sequence and clause structure.
In context — 2 Kings 16:3
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel and also made his son pass through the fire like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 16:3, so the Hebrew word אֹתָ֔ם (otam) 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.16.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.3.W14.S1) and character.