1 Samuel 15:4:31 Sam.15.4.W3TAB
אֶת־הָעָ֔ם
ethaam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-AM
- Extended
- EET-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ET-ha-AM
- clause
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ET-ISH ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive form wayšammaʿ {וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע | wayšammaʿ} ‘and he summoned,’ a piel imperfect marking an intensive call of the levy, governing the direct object ʾet-hā-ʿām {אֶת־הָעָ֔ם | ʾet-hā-ʿām}.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:4
And Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעָ֔ם (ethaam) 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.15.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.4.W3.S1) and character.