2 Samuel 18:6:22 Sam.18.6.W2TAB
הָעָ֣ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AHM
- IPA
- /haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSAY ha-AM ha-sa-DE
- clause
va-ye-TSAY ha-AM ha-sa-DE lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY ha-AM ha-sa-DE lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL vat-te-HI ham-mil-kha-MA bay-AR ef-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The subject is the definite noun ha-am {הָעָם | hāʿām} ‘the people’.
Root and etymology
ʿ–m–mʿayin–mem–mem
“people, community”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:6
And the people marched out into the field to confront Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֣ם (haam) 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.18.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.6.W2.S1) and character.