Exodus 19:21:6Exod.19.21.W6TAB
בָּעָ֑ם
baam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ba-AM
- Extended
- bah-AAM
- IPA
- /baˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ED ba-AM
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE RED ha-ED ba-AM
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE RED ha-ED ba-AM pen-ye-her-SU el-ye-ho-VAH lir-OT ve-na-FAL mih-me-NU RAV
Exegesis
Baam {בָּעָם | bā-ʿām} ‘among the people’ specifies the audience.
Root and etymology
ע־מ־מ
“people, community”
In context — Exodus 19:21
And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people so they do not break through to the LORD to see, and many of them perish.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 19:21, so the Hebrew word בָּעָ֑ם (baam) 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.19.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.21.W6.S1) and character.