Exodus 20:21:2Exod.20.21.W2TAB
הָעָ֖ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- hah-AAM
- IPA
- /haː.ˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM me-ra-KHOK
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM me-ra-KHOK oo-mo-SHEH ni-GASH el-ha-a-ra-FEL a-sher-SHAM ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The following noun ha'am {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ serves as subject, and the prepositional phrase merachok {מֵרָחֹק | mē-rā-ḥōq} ‘from afar’ functions adverbially to mark spatial separation.
In context — Exodus 20:21
The people stood at a distance , but Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 20:21, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֖ם (haam) 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.20.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.21.W2.S1) and character.