Exodus 13:17:4Exod.13.17.W4TAB
אֶת־הָעָם֒
ethaam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-AM
- Extended
- EET-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ET-ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-HI be-sha-LAKH par-O ET-ha-AM ve-lo-na-KHAM e-lo-HIM DE-rekh E-rets pe-lish-TEEM KI ka-ROV HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-sha-LAKH par-O ET-ha-AM ve-lo-na-KHAM e-lo-HIM DE-rekh E-rets pe-lish-TEEM KI ka-ROV HU KI a-MAR e-lo-HIM pen-yin-na-KHEM ha-AM bir-o-TAM mil-kha-MA ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA
Exegesis
It then presents a temporal circumstantial clause via the Piel infinitive construct beshallakh {בְּשַׁלַּ֣ח | bəšallaḥ} ‘in sending’, with paroh {פַּרְעֹה֮ | parʿōh} as the actor and the particle et haam {אֶת־הָעָם֒ | ʾet hāʿām} marking the people as object.
Root and etymology
ע־מ־ם
“people, nation”
In context — Exodus 13:17
And it happened that when Pharaoh dismissed the people, God did not guide them by the Philistine road, though it lay close by; for He said, “Lest the people reconsider when they see war and turn back to Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעָם֒ (ethaam) 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 Exod.13.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.17.W4.S1) and character.