2 Samuel 23:33:32 Sam.23.33.W3TAB
אֲחִיאָ֥ם
akhiam
“Ahiam”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-AM
- Extended
- ah-khih-AHM
- IPA
- /ʔăħiˈʔaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahiam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-khi-AM
- phraseyour reading level
a-khi-AM BEN-sha-RAR
- sentence
SHAM-ma ha-ha-ra-RI a-khi-AM BEN-sha-RAR ha-a-ra-RI
Exegesis
Similarly, achi’am {אֲחִיאָ֥ם | ʾăḥîʾām} ‘Ahiam’ links via ben {בֶּן־ | bĕn} ‘son of’ to sharar {שָׁרָ֖ר | šārār} ‘Sharar’, followed again by ha’arari {הָארָרִֽי׃ | hāʾārārî} ‘the Hararite’, denoting origin. The repetition of the gentilic phrase creates parallelism emphasizing shared locale. The formal translation preserves the appositional order and the construct chain, while the dynamic grouping (‘both from Harar’) highlights common background.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–chet
“brother”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:33
Shammah the Hararite , Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 23:33, so the Hebrew word אֲחִיאָ֥ם (akhiam) 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.23.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.33.W3.S1) and character.