2 Kings 23:6:192 Kgs.23.6.W19TAB
הָעָֽם׃
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-NE ha-AM
- clause
va-yash-LEKH et-a-fa-RA al-KE-ver be-NE ha-AM
- sentence
va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim el-NA-khal kid-RON va-yis-ROF o-TA be-NA-khal kid-RON va-ya-DEK le-a-FAR va-yash-LEKH et-a-fa-RA al-KE-ver be-NE ha-AM
Exegesis
The infinitive lə-ʿā-p̄ār {לְעָפָר | lə-ʿā-p̄ār} ‘to dust’ and the scattering of ʿaparāh upon kever benei hā-ʿām {קֶבֶר בְּנֵי הָעָם | ke-ver bə-neî hā-ʿām} ‘graves of the people’ intensify the motif of complete eradication.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-m
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD , outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley; there he burned it, crushed it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the people .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:6:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 23:6, so the Hebrew word הָעָֽם׃ (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.23.6.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.6.W19.S1) and character.