1 Samuel 13:2:181 Sam.13.2.W18TAB

הָעָ֔ם

haam

the people

Transliteration
ha-AM
Extended
haa-AAM
IPA
/haːˈʕaːm/

Meaning by language

English
the people

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Result
הָ + עָ֔ם
ha + am
haam

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-AM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-YE-ter ha-AM

  3. clause

    ve-YE-ter ha-AM shi-LAKH ISH le-o-ha-LAV

  4. sentence

    va-yiv-KHAR-LO sha-UL she-LO-shet a-la-FIM mi-yis-ra-EL va-yih-YU im-sha-UL al-pa-YIM be-mikh-MAS u-ve-HAR BET-EL ve-E-lef ha-YU im-yo-na-TAN be-giv-AT bin-ya-MIN ve-YE-ter ha-AM shi-LAKH ISH le-o-ha-LAV

Root and etymology

Rootayin–mem

people

In context1 Samuel 13:2

And Saul chose for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent, each man to his tent .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 13:2:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 13:2, 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 Sam.13.2.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.2.W18.S1) and character.