2 Samuel 20:24:22 Sam.20.24.W2TAB
עַל־הַמַּ֑
alhamas
“over the forced labor”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-MAS
- Extended
- ahl-hah-MAHS
- IPA
- /ʕal.haˈmas/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the forced labor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-MAS
- clause
va-a-do-RAM al-ha-MAS
- sentence
va-a-do-RAM al-ha-MAS vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ben-a-khi-LUD ha-maz-KIR
Exegesis
The first unit uses vaAdoram {וַאֲדֹרָ֖ם | wâ-ʾă-ḏō-rām} ‘and Adoram’ with the prepositional phrase al {עַל | ʿal} ‘over’ + hammas {הַמַּס | ham-mas} ‘the forced labor’, establishing Adoram’s supervisory office.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:24
And Adoram was over the forced labor , and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 20:24, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמַּ֑ (alhamas) 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.20.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.24.W2.S1) and character.