2 Samuel 19:8:132 Sam.19.8.W13TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:9
כָל־הָעָ֖ם
kholhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- khol-ha-AM
- Extended
- khohl-haa-AAM
- IPA
- /χɔl.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
khol-ha-AM
- clause
u-le-khol-ha-AM hi-GI-du le-MOR hin-NE ham-ME-lekh yo-SHEV bash-SHA-ar va-ya-VO khol-ha-AM lif-NE ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar u-le-khol-ha-AM hi-GI-du le-MOR hin-NE ham-ME-lekh yo-SHEV bash-SHA-ar va-ya-VO khol-ha-AM lif-NE ham-ME-lekh ve-yis-ra-EL NAS ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The compounds kol-ha-am {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hā-ʿām} ‘all the people’ and lifne hamméleḵ {לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ | lifnê hamméleḵ} ‘before the king’ depict the mass gathering.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and sat in the gate; and all the people were told, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king, but Israel had fled, every man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word כָל־הָעָ֖ם (kholhaam) 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.19.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.8.W13.S1) and character.