2 Samuel 19:2:82 Sam.19.2.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:3
הָעָם֙
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AM
- IPA
- /haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ki-sha-MA ha-AM
- clause
ki-sha-MA ha-AM bay-YOM ha-HU le-MOR ne-TSAV ham-ME-lekh al-be-NO
- 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 causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the reason clause, followed by the verb-object pairing šāmaʿ haʿām {שָׁמַע הָעָם | šā-maʿ hā-ʿām} ‘the people heard’.
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 19:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:2, so the Hebrew word הָעָם֙ (haam) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.2.W8.S1) and character.