Deuteronomy 23:2:5Deut.23.2.W5TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:3
גַּם
gam
“even”
- Transliteration
- GAM
- Extended
- GAHM
- IPA
- /ˈɡam/
Meaning by language
- English
- even
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
GAM
- phraseyour reading level
GAM DOR a-si-RI
- clause
GAM DOR a-si-RI lo-ya-VO LO bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
lo-ya-VO mam-ZER bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH GAM DOR a-si-RI lo-ya-VO LO bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase gam dor asiri {גַּם דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי | gam dôr ʿa-šî-rî} ‘even tenth generation’ employs conjunction and ordinal labeling to indicate enduring exclusion.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:2
No mamzer shall enter the assembly of the LORD ; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 23:2, so the Hebrew word גַּם (gam) 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.23.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.2.W5.S1) and character.