Exodus 17:4:7Exod.17.4.W7TAB
לָעָ֣ם
laam
“to the people”
- Transliteration
- la-AM
- Extended
- lah-AAM
- IPA
- /laː.ˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-AM
- phraseyour reading level
la-AM ha-ZEH
- clause
va-yits-AK mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH leh-eh-MOR MA e-eh-SEH la-AM ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-yits-AK mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH leh-eh-MOR MA e-eh-SEH la-AM ha-ZEH OD me-AT u-se-ka-lu-NI
Exegesis
The phrase laam hazzeh {לָעָם הַזֶּה | lā-ʿām hazzeh} ‘for this people’ marks Moses’ concern, while the adverbial sequence ’od meʿat {עוֹד מְעַט | ’ôd meʿaṭ} ‘a little while longer’ signals imminent danger, leading to the coordinated imperfect usqaluni {וּסְקָלֻנִי | ūsqālûnî} ‘and they will stone me’. In English, Hebrew vav-prefixed verbs become standard tense verbs, and clauses are reordered to preserve clarity and urgency.
Root and etymology
ayin-mem-mem
“people, nation”
In context — Exodus 17:4
Moses cried out to the LORD , “What should I do for this people? They are nearly ready to stone me.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 17:4, so the Hebrew word לָעָ֣ם (laam) 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.17.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.4.W7.S1) and character.