2 Kings 18:26:172 Kgs.18.26.W17TAB
הָעָ֔ם
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
be-oz-NE ha-AM
- clause
ve-al-te-da-BER im-MA-nu ye-hu-DIT be-oz-NE ha-AM a-SHER al-ha-kho-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ya-KIM ben-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-shev-NA ve-yo-AKH el-rav-sha-KE da-BER-na el-a-va-DE-kha a-ra-MIT KI sho-me-IM a-NA-khnu ve-al-te-da-BER im-MA-nu ye-hu-DIT be-oz-NE ha-AM a-SHER al-ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The prohibition ve-al tedabber immanu {וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ | wə-ʾal tə-dab-bēr ʿim-mā-nû} followed by the prepositional phrase be-oznei ha-am asher al-hachomah {בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַחֹמָה | bə-ʾōz-ney hā-ʿām ʾă-šer ʿal-hā-ḥō-māh} (‘in the ears of the people on the wall’) underscores concern for eavesdropping. The structure preserves Hebrew clause order of request, rationale, and prohibition while clarifying diplomatic strategy.
Root and etymology
‛-mʿayin–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Kings 18:26
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh , “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic , for we understand it, and do not speak to us in Judean in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:26:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 18:26, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֔ם (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.18.26.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.26.W17.S1) and character.