1 Samuel 14:3:121 Sam.14.3.W12TAB
וְהָעָם֙
vehaam
“and the people”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-AM
- Extended
- veh-haa-AHM
- IPA
- /vəhaˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ha-AM
- clause
ve-ha-AM LO ya-DA KI ha-LAKH yo-na-TAN
- sentence
va-a-khi-YA ven-a-khi-TUV a-KHI i-kha-VOD ben-pin-KHAS ben-e-LI ko-HEN ye-ho-VAH be-shi-LO no-SE e-FOD ve-ha-AM LO ya-DA KI ha-LAKH yo-na-TAN
Exegesis
The adversative vav in ve-haam {וְהָעָם֙ | wə-hāʿām} ‘and the people’ introduces a shift to the human perspective, with the negation lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} and perfect verb yada {יָדַ֔ע | yāḏaʿ} forming a negative nominal clause.
Root and etymology
ʿ-mayin–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:3
Ahijah, son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, served as priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing the ephod . But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:3, so the Hebrew word וְהָעָם֙ (vehaam) 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.14.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.3.W12.S1) and character.