1 Chronicles 20:3:11 Chr.20.3.W1TAB
וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם
veethaam
“and the”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-AM
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-AAHM
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba
- clause
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON va-ya-SHAV da-VID ve-KHOL-ha-AM ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {וְאֶת־ | wə-’et} introduces the people, while the relative clause asher bah {אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ | ’ă-šer bāh} qualifies who were in it.
Root and etymology
ע־ם
“people, nation”
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:3
And as for the people who were in it, he brought them out and assigned them to work with saws , and with sharp tools of iron, and with axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 20:3, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם (veethaam) 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.20.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.3.W1.S1) and character.