Deuteronomy 21:8:2Deut.21.8.W2TAB
לְעַמְּךָ֨
leammekha
“for your people”
- Transliteration
- le-am-ME-kha
- Extended
- leh-am-ME-khah
- IPA
- /ləʕamˈməxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- for your people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-am-ME-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ka-PEIR le-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL a-SHER pa-DEE-ta
- clause
ka-PEIR le-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL a-SHER pa-DEE-ta Ye-ho-VAH ve-AL ti-TEN DAM na-KI be-KE-rev am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ka-PEIR le-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL a-SHER pa-DEE-ta Ye-ho-VAH ve-AL ti-TEN DAM na-KI be-KE-rev am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL ve-ni-ka-PEIR la-HEM ha-DAM
Exegesis
The construct chain leammekha yisra’el {לְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל | ləʿamməḵā yiśrāʾēl} links atonement to corporate identity, while the relative clause asher-padita {אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִיתָ | ’ăšer-pāḏītā} ‘whom You have redeemed’ underscores divine deliverance.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:8
Atone for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, O LORD , and do not place innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel. Then the blood shall be atoned for them.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 21:8, so the Hebrew word לְעַמְּךָ֨ (leammekha) 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.21.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.8.W2.S1) and character.