1 Samuel 17:36:11 Sam.17.36.W1TAB
גַּ֧ם
gam
“also”
- Transliteration
- GAM
- Extended
- GAHM
- IPA
- /ˈgam/
Meaning by language
- English
- also
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
GAM
- phraseyour reading level
GAM et-ha-a-RI
- clause
GAM et-ha-a-RI gam-ha-DOV hi-KA av-DE-kha
- sentence
GAM et-ha-a-RI gam-ha-DOV hi-KA av-DE-kha ve-ha-YA ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE ke-a-KHAD me-HEM KI KHE-ref ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the adverb gam {גַּם | gām} ‘also’ used twice to underscore David’s proofs of strength.
Root and etymology
ג־מ־ן
“also”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has taunted the battle-lines of the living God .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 17:36, so the Hebrew word גַּ֧ם (gam) 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.17.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.36.W1.S1) and character.