1 Samuel 14:17:31 Sam.14.17.W3TAB
לָעָם֙
laam
“to the people”
- Transliteration
- la-AM
- Extended
- laa-AHM
- 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
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL la-AM a-SHER i-TO pik-DU-na u-re-U MI ha-LAKH me-im-MA-nu
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL la-AM a-SHER i-TO pik-DU-na u-re-U MI ha-LAKH me-im-MA-nu va-yif-ke-DU ve-hin-NE EN yo-na-TAN ve-no-SE ke-LAV
Exegesis
The indirect object la'am {לָעָם | lā-‘ām} ‘to the people’ is further defined by the relative clause asher itto {אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ | ’ă-šer ’it-tō} ‘who were with him.’
Root and etymology
ʿ-mayin–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:17
And Saul said to the people who were with him, “Please muster and see who has departed from among us.” So they mustered, and behold, Jonathan was not there, nor his armor-bearer .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:17, so the Hebrew word לָעָם֙ (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 Sam.14.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.17.W3.S1) and character.