2 Samuel 14:13:62 Sam.14.13.W6TAB
עַל־עַ֣ם
alam
“against the people of”
- Transliteration
- al-AM
- Extended
- ahl-AHM
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the people of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-AM
- phraseyour reading level
al-AM e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ve-la-MA kha-SHAV-te ka-ZOT al-AM e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ve-la-MA kha-SHAV-te ka-ZOT al-AM e-lo-HIM u-mi-da-BER ha-ME-lekh ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ke-a-SHEM le-vil-TI ha-SHIV ha-ME-lekh et-nid-KHO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-‘am Elohim {עַל־עַם אֱלֹהִים | ʿal-ʿam ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘against the people of God’ frames the target of criticism.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:13
And the woman said, “So why have you planned such a thing against the people of God ? By speaking this word, the king renders himself guilty, for the king does not bring back his banished one .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 14:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־עַ֣ם (alam) 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.14.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.13.W6.S1) and character.