2 Samuel 20:22:32 Sam.20.22.W3TAB
אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֜ם
elkolhaam
“to all the people”
- Transliteration
- el-KOL-ha-AM
- Extended
- ehl-KAAL-haa-AHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.kɔl.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-KOL-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV ve-yo-AV SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-im el-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el kol ha’am {אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם | el kol hā-ʿām} marks the audience, while bechokhmatah {בְּחָכְמָתָ֗הּ | bə-ḥākh-ma-tāh} ‘with her wisdom’ functions instrumentally, attributing agency to the woman. The coordinated actions vayyikhrētu et rosh Sheva ben-Bikhri and vayyashlikhu el Yo’av link communal justice to the suppression of rebellion.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:22
And the woman came to all the people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. Then he blew the trumpet , and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 20:22, so the Hebrew word אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֜ם (elkolhaam) 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.20.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.22.W3.S1) and character.