Exodus 18:23:9Exod.18.23.W9TAB
וְגַם֙
vehgam
“and also”
- Transliteration
- veh-GAM
- Extended
- veh-GAHM
- IPA
- /vəˈɡam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
veh-GAM
- clause
veh-GAM kol-ha-AM ha-ZEH al-me-ko-MO yah-VO be-sha-LOM
- sentence
IM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH ta-a-SEH veh-tsiv-KHA e-lo-HIM veh-yah-khal-TA a-MOD veh-GAM kol-ha-AM ha-ZEH al-me-ko-MO yah-VO be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-gam {וְגַם | wə-gam} ‘and also’ extends the promise to kol ha-am ha-zeh {כָּל־הָעָם הַזֶּה | kol-hā-ʿām haz-zēh} ‘all these people’.
In context — Exodus 18:23
If you do this matter , and God commands you, then you will be able to stand, and also all the people will come to their place in peace.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 18:23, so the Hebrew word וְגַם֙ (vehgam) 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.18.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.23.W9.S1) and character.