2 Samuel 13:34:112 Sam.13.34.W11TAB
הֹלְכִ֥ים
holkhim
“going”
- Transliteration
- hol-KHIM
- Extended
- hohl-KHEEM
- IPA
- /holˈxiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- going
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hol-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
hol-KHIM mid-DE-rekh
- 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 13:34:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 13:34, so the Hebrew word הֹלְכִ֥ים (holkhim) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.34.W11.S1) and character.