Deuteronomy 22:6:14Deut.22.6.W14TAB
הָאֵם
haem
“the mother”
- Transliteration
- ha-EM
- Extended
- hah-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔoː ʕal.beːˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-EM
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHOL-ETS o al-ha-A-RETZ ef-ro-KHIM o bei-TSIM ve-ha-EM ro-ve-TSET al-ef-ro-KHIM o al-bei-TSIM lo-ti-KAKH ha-EM al-ha-ba-NIM
- sentence
ki-yi-ka-RE kan-tsi-POR le-fa-NE-cha ba-de-REKH be-KHOL-ETS o al-ha-A-RETZ ef-ro-KHIM o bei-TSIM ve-ha-EM ro-ve-TSET al-ef-ro-KHIM o al-bei-TSIM lo-ti-KAKH ha-EM al-ha-ba-NIM
Exegesis
The prohibition lo-tikkakh {לֹא־תִקַּח | lō˒ tikkāḥ} ‘you shall not take’ in the imperfect second-person masculine singular issues a direct legal mandate, forbidding removal of the mother hā-’ēm {הָאֵם | hā-’ēm} from her offspring hā-bānîm {הַבָּנִים | hā-bānîm}, thus safeguarding generational continuity.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Mem
“mother, source of nurture”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:6
If a bird’s nest is encountered before you on the road, in any tree or on the ground, with chicks or eggs, and the mother is brooding on them, you shall not take the mother with the young .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 22:6, so the Hebrew word הָאֵם (haem) 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.22.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.6.W14.S1) and character.