Exodus 18:10:14Exod.18.10.W14TAB
אֶת־הָעָ֔ם
ethaam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-AM
- Extended
- eht-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.ˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-AM
- clause
a-SHER hi-TSIL et-ha-AM mit-TA-khat yahd-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer yit-RO ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-TSIL et-KHEM miy-YAD mits-RA-yim oo-miy-YAD par-O a-SHER hi-TSIL et-ha-AM mit-TA-khat yahd-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
A second relative clause asher hitsil {אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִצִּיל֙ | ăšer hiṣ-ṣîl} ‘who delivered’ expands to et-haam {אֶת־הָעָ֔ם | ʾeṯ-hā-ʿām} ‘the people.’
Root and etymology
“people, nation”
In context — Exodus 18:10
And Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD , who has rescued you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 18:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעָ֔ם (ethaam) 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.18.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.10.W14.S1) and character.