Isaiah 39:2:23Isa.39.2.W23TAB

לֹֽא־הֶרְאָ֧ם

loheram

he did not show them

Transliteration
lo-her-AM
Extended
loh-hehr-AAM
IPA
/loː.hɛrˈʔaːm/

Meaning by language

English
he did not show them

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Result
לֹֽא + הֶרְ + אָ֧ם
lo + her + am
loheram

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    lo-her-AM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu

  3. clause

    lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu be-ve-TO u-ve-khal-mem-shal-TO

  4. sentence

    va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET kal-BET ke-LAV ve-ET kal-a-SHER nim-tsa be-o-tse-ro-TAV lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu be-ve-TO u-ve-khal-mem-shal-TO

Exegesis

The intensive double negative lōʾ-hāyāh dābār ʾăšer lōʾ-hērāʾēm {לֹֽא־הָיָ֣ה דָבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֠ר לֹֽא־הֶרְאָ֧ם | lōʾ-hāyāh dābār ʾăšer lōʾ-hērāʾēm} ‘there was not a thing that he did not show’ underscores total openness.

In contextIsaiah 39:2

Hezekiah was pleased with them and showed them the house of his precious things , the silver, the gold, the spices, and the good oil, along with all the house of his armor, and everything in his treasuries; nothing in his house or in all his dominion was withheld from them.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 39:2:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Isaiah 39:2, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־הֶרְאָ֧ם (loheram) 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 Isa.39.2.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.39.2.W23.S1) and character.