1 Samuel 13:8:121 Sam.13.8.W12TAB
הָעָ֖ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AHM
- IPA
- /hɔːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
va-ya-FETS ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-FETS ha-AM me-la-AV
- sentence
va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM lam-mo-ED a-SHER she-mu-EL ve-LO-VA she-mu-EL ha-gil-GAL va-ya-FETS ha-AM me-la-AV
Exegesis
The subsequent imperfect vayafets {וַיָּ֥פֶץ | way·yā·peṣ} ‘scattered’ combined with haʿam {הָעָ֖ם | hā·ʿam} and meʿalav {מֵעָלָֽיו | me·ʿā·lāv} ‘from upon him’ conveys the people’s dispersal. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew narrative sequence and causal relationship.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–mem
“people”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:8
He waited seven days for the appointed time Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal , and the people scattered from him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 13:8, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֖ם (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.13.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.8.W12.S1) and character.