Exodus 17:3:6Exod.17.3.W6TAB
הָעָ֖ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- hah-AAM
- IPA
- /haː.ˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-LEN ha-AM
- clause
va-yits-MA SHAM ha-AM lam-MA-yim va-ya-LEN ha-AM al-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yits-MA SHAM ha-AM lam-MA-yim va-ya-LEN ha-AM al-mo-SHEH va-YO-mer la-MAH ZEH he-eh-li-TA-noo mim-mits-RA-yim le-ha-MIT o-TI ve-et-ba-NAI ve-et-mik-NAI ba-tsa-MA
Exegesis
The adverb sham {שָׁם | šām} sets the location, and the collective subject haam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} appears with both vayitsma and the successive wayyiqtol vayalen {וַיָּלֶן | wayyā-len} ‘complained’, emphasizing their communal response.
Root and etymology
ayin-mem-memayin-mem-mem
“people”
In context — Exodus 17:3
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses . They said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt, to cause us and our children and our livestock to die from thirst ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 17:3, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֖ם (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.17.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.3.W6.S1) and character.