2 Kings 21:24:22 Kgs.21.24.W2TAB
עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ
amhaarets
“the people of the land”
- Transliteration
- AM-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- AHM-hah-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /ʕam.haˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people of the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AM-ha-A-rets
- clause
va-YAKH AM-ha-A-rets ET KAL-ha-ko-SHIM AL-ha-ME-lekh a-MON
- sentence
va-YAKH AM-ha-A-rets ET KAL-ha-ko-SHIM AL-ha-ME-lekh a-MON va-yam-LI-khu AM-ha-A-rets et-yo-shi-YA-hu ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The subject ʿam-ha-ʾā-reṣ {עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ | ʿam-hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘people of the land’ functions as corporate authority.
Root and etymology
ע-מ
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land struck down all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 21:24, so the Hebrew word עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ (amhaarets) 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.21.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.24.W2.S1) and character.