2 Samuel 15:17:32 Sam.15.17.W3TAB
וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם
vekholhaam
“and all the people”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-ha-AM
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /wəχɔl.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-KHOL-ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-TSAY ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM be-rag-LAIV
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM be-rag-LAIV va-ya-am-DU BET ha-mer-KHAK
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase ve-khol-ha-am {וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם | wə-kāl-hā-ʿām} ‘and all the people’ uses a maqaf to indicate accompaniment.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:17
And the king went out, and all the people traveled on foot . They halted at the last house .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם (vekholhaam) 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.15.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.17.W3.S1) and character.