1 Kings 19:21:121 Kgs.19.21.W12TAB
לָעָ֖ם
laam
“to the people”
- Transliteration
- la-AM
- Extended
- laa-AAM
- IPA
- /laːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-TEN la-AM
- clause
va-ya-SHAV me-a-kha-RAV va-yik-KAKH et-TSE-med ha-ba-KAR va-yiz-ba-KHE-hu u-vikh-LI ha-ba-KAR bish-she-LAM ha-ba-SAR va-yit-TEN la-AM va-yo-KHE-lu
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV me-a-kha-RAV va-yik-KAKH et-TSE-med ha-ba-KAR va-yiz-ba-KHE-hu u-vikh-LI ha-ba-KAR bish-she-LAM ha-ba-SAR va-yit-TEN la-AM va-yo-KHE-lu va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-ye-sha-re-TE-hu
In context — 1 Kings 19:21
So he returned from following him, took a team of oxen , and sacrificed them. With the oxen’s equipment he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he rose, followed Elijah , and ministered to him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 19:21, so the Hebrew word לָעָ֖ם (laam) 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 Kgs.19.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.21.W12.S1) and character.