2 Kings 17:28:112 Kgs.17.28.W11TAB

אֹתָ֔ם

otam

them

Transliteration
o-TAM
Extended
oh-TAAM
IPA
/ʔoːˈtaːm/

Meaning by language

English
them

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Result
אֹ + תָ֔ם
o + tam
otam

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    o-TAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mo-RE o-TAM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

In the predicate vayehi moreh otam {וַיְהִי מוֹרֶה אֹתָם | vá-ye-hî mô-reh ô-tam}, the infinitive moreh functions as a nominal complement, “became their teacher.”

In context2 Kings 17:28

Then one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel, and he became their teacher, instructing them how they should fear the LORD .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 17:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 17:28, so the Hebrew word אֹתָ֔ם (otam) 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 2 Kgs.17.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.28.W11.S1) and character.