1 Chronicles 21:2:51 Chr.21.2.W5TAB
הָעָ֔ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AAM
- IPA
- /haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN ve-ha-VI-u E-lai ve-ed-a et-mis-pa-RAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the sequential marker vayōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech from David {דָּוִד | Dāwîḏ} addressed to Joab {יוֹאָב | Yōʾāḇ} and the commanders (sārê hā-ʿām {שָׂרֵי הָעָם | śārê hā-ʿām} ‘leaders of the people’) using the prepositions ʾel {אֶל | ʾel} ‘to’ and wə-ʾel {וְאֶל | wə-ʾel} ‘and to’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:2
And David said to Joab and to the commanders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring it to me so that I may know their number.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֔ם (haam) 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.21.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.2.W5.S1) and character.