2 Samuel 20:15:172 Sam.20.15.W17TAB
הַחוֹמָֽה׃
hakhoma
“the wall”
- Transliteration
- ha-kho-MA
- Extended
- hah-khoh-MAA
- IPA
- /haħoːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-kho-MA
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-PIL ha-kho-MA
- clause
ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER et-yo-AV mash-khi-TIM le-ha-PIL ha-kho-MA
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER et-yo-AV mash-khi-TIM le-ha-PIL ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The participle mashchitim {מַשְׁחִיתִם | mash-chi-tim} “destroying” with the infinitive lehapil {לְהַפִּיל | lə-ha-pil} “to cause to fall” expresses the ongoing act of battering the defensive structure hachomah {הַחוֹמָה | ha-kho-ma}. The Hebrew word order places emphasis on the successive military operations, which the English reconstructions emulate for coherence and clarity.
Root and etymology
ch-m-hchet–vav–mem
“wall, fortification”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:15
And they came and besieged him at Abel Beth Maakah, and they built up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood at the outer defenses. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to break it down .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:15:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 20:15, so the Hebrew word הַחוֹמָֽה׃ (hakhoma) 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.20.15.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.15.W17.S1) and character.