1 Samuel 14:28:31 Sam.14.28.W3TAB
מֵֽהָעָ֜ם
mehaam
“from the people”
- Transliteration
- me-ha-AM
- Extended
- mee-hah-AM
- IPA
- /meːhaˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AN ISH me-ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-AN ISH me-ha-AM va-yo-MER hash-be-A hish-bi-A a-VI-kha ET-ha-AM le-MOR a-RUR ha-ISH a-sher-yo-KHAL LE-khem ha-YOM
- sentence
va-ya-AN ISH me-ha-AM va-yo-MER hash-be-A hish-bi-A a-VI-kha ET-ha-AM le-MOR a-RUR ha-ISH a-sher-yo-KHAL LE-khem ha-YOM va-ya-AF ha-AM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive clause vaya‘an {וַיַּעַן | wayya‘an} ‘and he answered’, which introduces a responsive utterance, followed by the designation ’îš mê-hā‘ām {אִישׁ מֵהָעָם | ’îš mê-hā‘ām} ‘a man from the people’ identifying the speaker.
Root and etymology
ʿ-mayin–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:28
Then a man from the people answered and said, “Your father made the people solemnly swear, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats bread today.’” And the people became faint.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:28, so the Hebrew word מֵֽהָעָ֜ם (mehaam) 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.14.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.28.W3.S1) and character.