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

Result
לְ + כָל + הָ + עָ֑ם
le + khol + ha + am
lekholhaam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-KHOL-ha-AM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-E-vel le-KHOL-ha-AM

  3. clause

    vat-te-HI hat-te-shu-A bay-YOM ha-HU le-E-vel le-KHOL-ha-AM

  4. 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 context2 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.