2 Samuel 15:23:52 Sam.15.23.W5TAB
וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם
vekholhaam
“and all the people”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-ha-AM
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /wəˈχɔl.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
ve-KHOL-ha-A-rets bo-KHIM KOL ga-DOL ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ha-A-rets bo-KHIM KOL ga-DOL ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM ve-ham-ME-lekh o-VER be-na-KHAL kid-RON ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE-de-rekh et-ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
A parallel clause repeats with vekhol-ha-am {וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם | wə·ḵāl-hā·ʿām} ‘and all the people’ and ovrim {עֹֽבְרִים֙ | ʿō·wərîm} ‘passing over’, intensifying the communal movement.
Root and etymology
ʿ-mayin–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:23
And all the land wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed by; and the king crossed the Kidron Valley , and all the people continued on the road toward the wilderness .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 15:23, 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.15.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.23.W5.S1) and character.