Deuteronomy 20:5:3Deut.20.5.W3TAB
אֶל־הָעָ֣ם
elhaam
“to the people”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-AM
- Extended
- el-hah-AAHM
- IPA
- /ʔel.haˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| 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
el-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-AM le-MOR
- clause
ve-dib-ROO ha-sho-TRIM el-ha-AM le-MOR mi-ha-ISH a-SHER ba-NA ba-YIT-kha-DASH ve-LO kha-na-KHO ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
- sentence
ve-dib-ROO ha-sho-TRIM el-ha-AM le-MOR mi-ha-ISH a-SHER ba-NA ba-YIT-kha-DASH ve-LO kha-na-KHO ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MOOT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yakh-ne-KHE-nu
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-ha-ʿām {אֶל־הָעָ֣ם | ʾel-hā-ʿām} directs the speech to the assembled people, and the infinitive construct le-ʾemor {לֵאמֹר | lê-ʾemor} marks the introduction of direct discourse.
Root and etymology
ʿ-mʿ-m
“people, nation”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:5
The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “Is there a man who built a new house but has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, so that he does not die in the battle and another man dedicate it.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָעָ֣ם (elhaam) 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.20.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.5.W3.S1) and character.