1 Samuel 14:34:41 Sam.14.34.W4TAB
בָעָ֡ם
vaam
“among the people”
- Transliteration
- va-AM
- Extended
- vaa-AHM
- IPA
- /vaːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- among the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
va-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham
Root and etymology
ʿ-mayin–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:34
And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each man bring his ox and each man his sheep to me; slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating blood .’” So all the people, each with his ox in hand, brought it that night and slaughtered it there.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 14:34, so the Hebrew word בָעָ֡ם (vaam) 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.14.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W4.S1) and character.