לָעָ֞ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָעָ֞ם

   la-AM

   for the people
2. clause🔊 וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֗ר לָעָ֞ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤אוּ עִמּוֹ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לוּבִ֥ים סֻכִּיִּ֖ים וְכוּשִֽׁים׃

   ve-EN mis-PAR la-AM a-SHER-ba-U i-MO mim-mits-RA-yim lu-VIM su-kI-YIM ve-khu-SHIM

   and there is not number for the people who came with him from Egypt Libyans Sukkiim and Cushites
3. sentence🔊 בְּאֶ֤לֶף וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ רֶ֔כֶב וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֗ר לָעָ֞ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤אוּ עִמּוֹ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לוּבִ֥ים סֻכִּיִּ֖ים וְכוּשִֽׁים׃

   be-E-lef u-ma-A-ta-yim RE-khev u-ve-shi-SHIM E-lef pa-ra-SHIM ve-EN mis-PAR la-AM a-SHER-ba-U i-MO mim-mits-RA-yim lu-VIM su-kI-YIM ve-khu-SHIM

   with a thousand and two hundred chariotry and with sixty thousand horsemen and there is not number for the people who came with him from Egypt Libyans Sukkiim and Cushites

Exegesis

The clause ve-ein mispar la-am {וְאֵ֣אין מִסְפָּ֗ר לָעָ֞ם | ve-ʾê-īn mis-pār lā-ʿām} uses the negative existential to signal an incalculable multitude and introduces a relative clause with asher linking bau immo {בָּ֤אוּ עִמּוֹ֙ | bā-ʾû ʿim-mō} ‘they came with him’ to mimitzrayim {מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | mi-mịẓ-rā-yīm} ‘from Egypt’.