2 Samuel 18:1:32 Sam.18.1.W3TAB
אֶת־הָעָ֖ם
ethaam
“{direct object marker} the people”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-AM
- Extended
- eht-haa-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-AM
- clause
va-yif-KOD da-VID et-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO
- sentence
va-yif-KOD da-VID et-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} highlights haʿam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’, while the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with the pronominal suffix ito {אִתּוֹ | ʾit-tô} specifies inclusion.
Root and etymology
ʿ–m–mʿayin–mem–mem
“people, community”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:1
And David mustered the people who were with him, and he appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעָ֖ם (ethaam) 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 Sam.18.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.1.W3.S1) and character.