Psalm 14:3:8Ps.14.3.W8TAB

גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃

gamekhad

even one

Transliteration
GAM-e-KHAD
Extended
GAAM-eh-KHAAD
IPA
/ˈgam.ʔɛˈħaːd/

Meaning by language

English
even one

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
גַּם + אֶ + חָֽד׃
gam + e + khad
gamekhad

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    GAM-e-KHAD

  2. clause

    EN GAM-e-KHAD

  3. sentence

    ha-KOL SAR yakh-DAv ne-e-la-KHU EN o-SEH-TOV EN GAM-e-KHAD

Exegesis

This negation is intensified by the repetition ēn gam-echad {גַּם־אֶחָֽד | gam-ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘there is not even one,’ with gam ‘even’ and echad ‘one’ heightening the absoluteness of the judgment. The Hebrew structure front-loads the universal subject and uses parallel negations to underscore the total depravity of humanity.

Root and etymology

ʾ-ḥ-daleph–chet–dalet

one, single

In contextPsalm 14:3

All have turned aside; together they have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.

About this coordinate

Psalm 14:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Psalm 14:3, so the Hebrew word גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃ (gamekhad) 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 Ps.14.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.14.3.W8.S1) and character.