2 Kings 23:3:252 Kgs.23.3.W25TAB
כָּל־הָעָ֖ם
kolhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- kol-ha-AM
- Extended
- kohl-haa-AHM
- IPA
- /kɔl.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
kol-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM ba-be-RIT
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM ba-be-RIT
Exegesis
The summary clause kol-ha‘am babbərîṯ {כָּל־הָעָם בַּבְּרִית | kol-hā-‘ām babbərîṯ} ‘all the people in the covenant’ closes the communal commitment.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-m
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Kings 23:3
And the king stood upon the pillar and made the covenant before the LORD , to walk after the LORD and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all the heart and all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that were written upon this book; and all the people stood in the covenant.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:3:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of 2 Kings 23:3, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הָעָ֖ם (kolhaam) 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.23.3.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.3.W25.S1) and character.