2 Samuel 19:3:22 Sam.19.3.W2TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:4
הָעָ֖ם
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-yit-gan-NEV ha-AM
- clause
va-yit-gan-NEV ha-AM ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-yit-gan-NEV ha-AM ba-YOM ha-HU la-VO ha-IR ka-a-SHER yit-ga-NEV ha-AM ha-nikh-la-MIM be-nu-SAM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The noun haʽam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ functions as subject of both the main clause and the comparative clause introduced by kaʼasher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer} ‘just as’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:3
And the people stole into the city on that day, just as people steal themselves away —the humiliated —when they flee in battle.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 19:3, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֖ם (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.19.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.3.W2.S1) and character.