2 Samuel 19:39:22 Sam.19.39.W2TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:40
כֻּל־הָעָ֔ם
kulhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- kul-ha-AM
- Extended
- kuhl-haa-AHM
- IPA
- /kul.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| 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
kul-ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-A-VOR kul-ha-AM et-ha-yar-DEN ve-ha-ME-lekh A-VAR
- sentence
va-ya-A-VOR kul-ha-AM et-ha-yar-DEN ve-ha-ME-lekh A-VAR va-yish-SHAK ha-ME-lekh le-var-zi-LAI va-ye-va-ra-KHE-hu va-ya-SHAV lim-ko-MO
Exegesis
The maqqef in kolhaam {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hā-ʿām} unites “all” with “the people” as a single syntactic unit.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:39
And all the people crossed the Jordan , and the king crossed; the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 19:39, so the Hebrew word כֻּל־הָעָ֔ם (kulhaam) 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.19.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.39.W2.S1) and character.