Deuteronomy 20:11:7Deut.20.11.W7TAB
כָּל־הָעָ֣ם
kolhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- kol-ha-AM
- Extended
- kohl-ha-AAHM
- IPA
- /kol.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
kol-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH
- clause
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH yih-YU le-KHA la-MAS va-a-va-DU-kha
- sentence
ve-ha-YA im-sha-LOM ta-an-KHA u-fat-KHA LAKH ve-ha-YA kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH yih-YU le-KHA la-MAS va-a-va-DU-kha
Exegesis
The construct kolhaam hanimtzaavah {כָּל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצָא־בָּהּ | kol-hā-ʿām han-nim-ṣā-ʾā-vāh} uses a Niphal participle substantively to denote ‘all who are found in it.’
Root and etymology
ʿ-mʿ-m
“people, nation”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:11
If it answers you with peace and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 20:11, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הָעָ֣ם (kolhaam) 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 Deut.20.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.11.W7.S1) and character.