Exodus 24:3:4Exod.24.3.W4TAB
לָעָם֙
laam
“to the people”
- Transliteration
- la-AM
- Extended
- lah-AHM
- IPA
- /laː.ˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-sa-PER la-AM
- clause
va-ya-VO MO-sheh va-ye-sa-PER la-AM ET kol-div-REI Ye-ho-VAH ve-ET kol-ham-mish-pa-TIM
- sentence
va-ya-VO MO-sheh va-ye-sa-PER la-AM ET kol-div-REI Ye-ho-VAH ve-ET kol-ham-mish-pa-TIM va-ya-AN kol-ha-AM KOL e-KHAD va-yom-RU kol-ha-de-va-REEM a-sher-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH na-a-SEH
Exegesis
The Piel stem vayesaper {וַיְסַפֵּר | wayyəśapper} “recounted” intensifies the report to la-am {לָעָם | lāʿām} “to the people.”
In context — Exodus 24:3
And Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments . And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 24:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 24:3, so the Hebrew word לָעָם֙ (laam) 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.24.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.24.3.W4.S1) and character.