1 Chronicles 18:11:11 Chr.18.11.W1TAB
גַּם־אֹתָ֗ם
gamotam
“also them”
- Transliteration
- gam-o-TAM
- Extended
- gahm-oh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ɡam.ʔoˈtɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- also them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
gam-o-TAM
- clause
gam-o-TAM hik-di-SHESH ha-ME-lekh da-VID la-ye-ho-VAH im-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV a-SHER na-SA mi-kal-ha-go-YIM
- sentence
gam-o-TAM hik-di-SHESH ha-ME-lekh da-VID la-ye-ho-VAH im-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV a-SHER na-SA mi-kal-ha-go-YIM me-e-DOM u-mim-mo-AV u-miv-be-NE a-MON u-mif-leesh-TIM u-me-a-ma-LEK
Exegesis
The clause opens with gam-otam {גַּם־אֹתָ֗ם | gam-ʾōṯām} ‘also them’, placing the object before the verb to connect these items with prior spoils and to emphasize that they too were included in the act of devotion.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:11
King David also consecrated them to the LORD , along with the silver and the gold that he carried off from all the nations: from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 18:11, so the Hebrew word גַּם־אֹתָ֗ם (gamotam) 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 1 Chr.18.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.11.W1.S1) and character.