אֶת־עַ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־עַ֣ם

   et-am

   {direct object} the people of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ

   et-am ha-A-rets

   {direct object} the people of the land
3. clause🔊 אִ֣ישׁ כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ נָגַ֞שׂ אֶת־הַכֶּ֤סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָב֙ אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ לָתֵ֖ת לְפַרְעֹ֥ה נְכֹֽה׃

   ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO

   a man, each man according to his valuation he exacted or he demanded {direct object} the silver and {direct object} the gold {direct object} the people of the land to give to Pharaoh Neco
4. sentence🔊 וְהַכֶּ֣סֶף וְהַזָּהָ֗ב נָתַ֤ן יְהוֹיָקִים֙ לְפַרְעֹ֔ה אַ֚ךְ הֶעֱרִ֣יךְ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ לָתֵ֥ת אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף עַל־פִּ֣י פַרְעֹ֑ה אִ֣ישׁ כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ נָגַ֞שׂ אֶת־הַכֶּ֤סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָב֙ אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ לָתֵ֖ת לְפַרְעֹ֥ה נְכֹֽה׃

   ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV na-TAN ye-ho-ya-KIM le-far-O AKH he-e-RI-khekh et-ha-A-rets la-TET et-ha-KE-sef al-PI far-O ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO

   and the silver and the gold he gave Jehoiakim to Pharaoh only or but he assessed or he imposed {a levy} {direct object} the land to give {direct object} the silver according to the mouth of, according to Pharaoh a man, each man according to his valuation he exacted or he demanded {direct object} the silver and {direct object} the gold {direct object} the people of the land to give to Pharaoh Neco

Exegesis

The construct chain et-am {אֶת־עַ֣ם | ʾeṯ-ʿam} ‘(direct object) people of’ + haaretz {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hāʾāreṣ} ‘the land’ marks the source population, and the closing infinitive latet2 {לָתֵ֖ת | lāṯēṯ} ‘to give’ plus leparoh2 {לְפַרְעֹ֥ה | lə-parʿōh} and nekho {נְכֹֽה׃ | nəkōh} frames the entire extraction as a funnel back to the Egyptian king.

Root and etymology

ʿ-m-m🔊 ע־מ־ם

“people, nation”

• 🔊 עַמִּיʿam-mîmy peopleHosea 2:1