2 Samuel 24:21:182 Sam.24.21.W18TAB
הָעָֽם׃
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AHM
- IPA
- /hɔːˈʕaːm/
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
me-AL ha-AM
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ve-TE-a-tsar ha-mag-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-ra-VE-na mad-DU-a BA a-do-NI-ha-ME-lekh el-AV-do va-yo-MER da-VID lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ve-TE-a-tsar ha-mag-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
Exegesis
The nifal imperfect ve-teatzar {וְתֵעָצַ֥ר | ve-te-a-tzar} ‘let it be stopped’ expresses result purpose, with ha-magefa {הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה | ha-ma-ge-fa} ‘the plague’ as subject and me-al ha-am {מֵעַ֥ל הָעָֽם | me-al ha-am} ‘from upon the people’ indicating the affected group. English syntax adapts for natural dialogue while preserving Hebrew order and emphasis.
In context — 2 Samuel 24:21
And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD so that the plague may be stopped from upon the people.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 24:21:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 24:21, so the Hebrew word הָעָֽם׃ (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.24.21.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.24.21.W18.S1) and character.