2 Samuel 19:2:62 Sam.19.2.W6TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:3
לְכָל־הָעָ֑ם
lekholhaam
“for all the people”
- Transliteration
- le-KHOL-ha-AM
- Extended
- leh-KHOHL-haa-AM
- IPA
- /ləˈχoːl.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
le-KHOL-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
le-E-vel le-KHOL-ha-AM
- clause
vat-te-HI hat-te-shu-A bay-YOM ha-HU le-E-vel le-KHOL-ha-AM
- sentence
vat-te-HI hat-te-shu-A bay-YOM ha-HU le-E-vel le-KHOL-ha-AM ki-sha-MA ha-AM bay-YOM ha-HU le-MOR ne-TSAV ham-ME-lekh al-be-NO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase laʾăvel ləkolhaam {לְאָבֶל לְכָל־הָעָם | lə-ʾă-vél lə-kōl-hā-ʿām} ‘for mourning for all the people’ marks a communal reversal of mood.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:2
And the victory on that day became mourning for all the people, because the people heard on that day, saying, “The king is grieved over his son.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 19:2, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־הָעָ֑ם (lekholhaam) 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.19.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.2.W6.S1) and character.