2 Samuel 19:9:22 Sam.19.9.W2TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:10
כָל־הָעָם֙
kholhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- khol-ha-AM
- Extended
- khaal-hah-AHM
- IPA
- /kɔl.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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Word in context
- word
khol-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI khol-ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-ha-AM na-DON be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI khol-ha-AM na-DON be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-ME-lekh hi-tsi-LA-nu mi-KAF o-ye-VE-nu ve-HO mil-te-NU mi-KAF pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ba-RAKH min-ha-A-rets me-AL av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The phrase kol ha-ʿam {כָּל־הָעָ֔ם | kāl hā·ʿām} ‘all the people’ forms the unified subject, while nadon {נָדוֹ֖ן | nā·ḏōn} ‘disputing’ as a Nifal participle underscores ongoing debate.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:9
And it happened that all the people were disputing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he has fled from the land because of Absalom .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 19:9, so the Hebrew word כָל־הָעָם֙ (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.19.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.9.W2.S1) and character.