עָ֗ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָ֗ם

   AM

   a people
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לִפְדּ֧וֹת ל֣וֹ עָ֗ם

   lif-DOT LO AM

   to redeem for him or to him a people
3. clause🔊 אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לִפְדּ֧וֹת ל֣וֹ עָ֗ם לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת לְגָרֵ֗שׁ מִפְּנֵ֧י עַמְּךָ֛ אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֥יתָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם גּוֹיִֽם׃

   a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

   which or whom he went God to redeem for him or to him a people to set or to place for you a name great things and awesome things or and fearful things to drive out from before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt nations
4. sentence🔊 וּמִי֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לִפְדּ֧וֹת ל֣וֹ עָ֗ם לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת לְגָרֵ֗שׁ מִפְּנֵ֧י עַמְּךָ֛ אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֥יתָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם גּוֹיִֽם׃

   u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

   and who like your people Israel a nation one in the earth or in the land which or whom he went God to redeem for him or to him a people to set or to place for you a name great things and awesome things or and fearful things to drive out from before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt nations

Exegesis

A relative clause begins with ’ăšer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm {אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים | ’ă-šer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘whom the God went’, followed by the infinitive liṯ-pə-ḏōṯ {לִפְדּ֧וֹת | liṯ-pə-ḏō-ṯ} ‘to redeem’ and lōw ʿām {לוֹ עָם | lōw ʿām} ‘for Himself a people’, attributing divine initiative.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ע־מ־םʿayin–mem–mem

“people”