1 Samuel 15:9:31 Sam.15.9.W3TAB
וְהָעָ֜ם
vehaam
“and the people”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-AM
- Extended
- veh-hah-AHM
- IPA
- /vahaːˈʕaːm/
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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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM
- clause
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM
- sentence
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM ve-khol-ha-me-la-KHA ne-miv-ZA ve-na-MES o-TAH he-khe-ri-MU
Exegesis
The compound subject šāʾûl wə-hā-ʿām {שָׁא֨וּל וְהָעָ֜ם | šāʾûl wə-hā-ʿām} (‘Saul and the people’) precedes a series of prepositional phrases introduced by wə-ʿal {וְעַל | wə-ʿal} enumerating spared livestock categories.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:9
Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the cattle, the choice animals, the lambs, and all that was good; they were unwilling to devote them to utter destruction, but they utterly destroyed all the property that was despised .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:9, so the Hebrew word וְהָעָ֜ם (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.15.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.9.W3.S1) and character.