Genesis 19:4:11Gen.19.4.W11TAB
כָּל־הָעָ֖ם
kolhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- kol-ha-AM
- Extended
- kohl-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /kɔl.haː.ˈʕaːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-ha-AM
- clause
kol-ha-AM mik-ka-TSE
- sentence
TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN kol-ha-AM mik-ka-TSE
Exegesis
The merism minnaar ve-ʿad-zaken {מִנַּעַר וְעַד־זָקֵן | min-naʿar wə-ʿaḏ-zā-qēn} ‘from youth and up to old’ expresses full generational inclusion, reinforced by kol-ha-ʿam {כָּל־הָעָם | kāl-hā-ʿām} ‘all the people’ and mi-qatseh {מִקָּצֶה | miq-qā-ṣeh} ‘from the end’, an idiom for every quarter. In translation, clauses are segmented to preserve Hebrew’s cumulative emphasis while ensuring English readability.
Root and etymology
עםayin–mem
“people, nation”
In context — Genesis 19:4
Before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—gathered around the house, from the youngest to the oldest, all the people from every quarter .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 19:4, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הָעָ֖ם (kolhaam) 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 Gen.19.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.4.W11.S1) and character.