בָּ֑ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּ֑ם

   BAM

   by them or with them
2. clause🔊 וּזְכַרְתֶּם־שָׁ֗ם אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶם֙ וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־עֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִטְמֵאתֶ֖ם בָּ֑ם

   u-ze-khar-TEM-SHAM et-dar-KHE-khem ve-ET kal-a-li-LO-te-khem a-SHER nit-me-TEM BAM

   and you shall remember there your ways and all your deeds which you were defiled by them or with them
3. sentence🔊 וּזְכַרְתֶּם־שָׁ֗ם אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶם֙ וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־עֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִטְמֵאתֶ֖ם בָּ֑ם וְנִקֹּטֹתֶם֙ בִּפְנֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־רָעֲלֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃

   u-ze-khar-TEM-SHAM et-dar-KHE-khem ve-ET kal-a-li-LO-te-khem a-SHER nit-me-TEM BAM ve-nik-KO-to-TEM bif-NE-khem be-kal-ra-a-LO-te-khem a-SHER a-SI-tem

   and you shall remember there your ways and all your deeds which you were defiled by them or with them and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evil things which you did or you have done

Exegesis

The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces a causal clause nitmetem {נִטְמֵאתֶם | nit-mê-tem} ‘you became defiled’ by bam {בָּם | bām} ‘by them.’

Root and etymology

ל־ב־ב🔊 l-b-b

“heart”

• 🔊 לֵבlēḇheartGenesis 6:5