Exodus 16:27:5Exod.16.27.W5TAB
מִן־הָעָ֖ם
minhaam
“from the people”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-AM
- Extended
- mihn-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /min.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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
min-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ya-tse-U min-ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT ve-LO ma-tsa-U
Exegesis
The verb yatsau {יָצְאוּ | yāṣ-ʾû} ‘they went out’ with the prepositional phrase minhaam {מִן־הָעָם | min-hā-ʿām} specifies a subset of the community.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–mem–mem
“people”
In context — Exodus 16:27
And it occurred on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 16:27, so the Hebrew word מִן־הָעָ֖ם (minhaam) 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.16.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.27.W5.S1) and character.