Exodus 18:25:6Exod.18.25.W6TAB
אֹתָ֛ם
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-TEN o-TAM
- clause
va-yiv-KHAR mo-SHEH an-shei-KHA-yil mik-kol-yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN o-TAM ra-SHIM al-ha-AM
- sentence
va-yiv-KHAR mo-SHEH an-shei-KHA-yil mik-kol-yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN o-TAM ra-SHIM al-ha-AM sa-REI a-la-FIM sa-REI meh-OT sa-REI kha-mi-SHIM ve-sa-REI a-sa-ROT
Exegesis
In the second clause, the pronoun otam {אֹתָם | ʾō-tām} ‘them’ is specified by rashim {רָאשִׁים | rā-šîm} ‘heads’ with al ha-am {עַל־הָעָם | ʿal-hā-ʿām} ‘over the people,’ followed by a parallel series of construct chains (sarei alafim, sarei meot, sarei chamishim, vesarei asarot) that establish hierarchical levels. The em dash introduces the list as an appositive expansion of “heads over the people.”
In context — Exodus 18:25
And Moses selected men of valor from all Israel, and he set them as heads over the people—chiefs over thousands, chiefs over hundreds, chiefs over fifties, and chiefs over tens.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 18:25, so the Hebrew word אֹתָ֛ם (otam) 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.18.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.25.W6.S1) and character.