Exodus 14:5:11Exod.14.5.W11TAB
אֶל־הָעָ֔ם
elhaam
“toward the people”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-AM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haː.ˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-ha-FEKH le-VAV par-OH va-a-va-DAV el-ha-AM va-yom-RU mah-ZOT a-SI-nu ki-shil-LAKH-noo et-yis-ra-EL me-ov-DE-nu
- sentence
va-yu-GAD le-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim KI va-RAKH ha-AM va-ye-ha-FEKH le-VAV par-OH va-a-va-DAV el-ha-AM va-yom-RU mah-ZOT a-SI-nu ki-shil-LAKH-noo et-yis-ra-EL me-ov-DE-nu
Exegesis
A subsequent vav-consecutive in vayehapekh {וַיֵּהָפֵךְ | way-hā-pê-ḵ} ‘and was changed’ introduces levav {לְבַב | lə-baḇ} ‘heart’ of paroh {פַּרְעֹה | par-ʿō-h} ‘Pharaoh’ and vaavadav {וַעֲבָדָיו | wa-ʿa-vā-da-yaw} ‘his servants’ directed elhaam {אֶל־הָעָם | ʾel-hā-ʿâm} ‘toward the people’.
In context — Exodus 14:5
And it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have sent Israel away from serving us?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 14:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָעָ֔ם (elhaam) 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.14.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.5.W11.S1) and character.