Exodus 13:22:9Exod.13.22.W9TAB

הָעָֽם׃

haam

the people

Transliteration
ha-AM
Extended
hah-AAM
IPA
/ha.ˈʕaːm/

Meaning by language

English
the people

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + עָֽם׃
ha + am
haam

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ha-AM

  2. clause

    lif-NEI ha-AM

  3. sentence

    loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la lif-NEI ha-AM

Exegesis

The temporal adverbials yomam {יוֹמָם | yō-mām} ‘by day’ and layelah {לָיְלָה | lā-ylā} ‘by night’ bracket the narrative, while the prepositional phrase lifnei ha-am {לִפְנֵי הָעָם | li-phnê hā-ʿām} ‘before the people’ emphasizes the spatial orientation of divine guidance.

Root and etymology

ע־מ־ם

people, nation

In contextExodus 13:22

The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people .

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 13:22, so the Hebrew word הָעָֽם׃ (haam) 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.13.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.22.W9.S1) and character.