2 Samuel 13:34:102 Sam.13.34.W10TAB
עַם־רַ֜ב
amrav
“a people many”
- Transliteration
- am-RAV
- Extended
- ahm-RAHv
- IPA
- /ʕamˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- a people many
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
am-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NE am-RAV
- clause
va-yis-SA ha-NA-ar ha-tso-FE et-e-NA-v e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE am-RAV hol-KHIM mid-DE-rekh a-kha-RAV mits-TSAD ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yiv-RAKH av-sha-LOM va-yis-SA ha-NA-ar ha-tso-FE et-e-NA-v e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE am-RAV hol-KHIM mid-DE-rekh a-kha-RAV mits-TSAD ha-HAR
Exegesis
The noun phrase ‘am rav holekhim {עַם־רַב הֹלְכִ֥ים | ‘am rav holekhim} ‘a great crowd walking’ uses the participle holchim and the adjective rav to qualify ‘am.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:34
And Absalom fled. The young watchman lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, many people were coming by the road behind him, along the side of the hill .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:34:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 13:34, so the Hebrew word עַם־רַ֜ב (amrav) 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 Sam.13.34.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.34.W10.S1) and character.