Genesis 18:16:9Gen.18.16.W9TAB
עִמָּ֖ם
immam
“with them”
- Transliteration
- im-MAM
- Extended
- ihm-MAAM
- IPA
- /ʕim.ˈmaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-MAM
- phraseyour reading level
ho-LEKH im-MAM
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase immam {עִמָּם | ʿimmām} ‘with them’ underscores solidarity, and the Piel infinitive leshalleḥām {לְשַׁלְּחָם | ləšalleḥām} ‘to send them off’ functions as a purpose clause illustrating customary honor. In translation, wayyiqtol verbs appear in simple past, and the construct phrase is rendered literally in formal and idiomatically in dynamic.
In context — Genesis 18:16
Then the men rose up from there and looked out toward the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off .
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word עִמָּ֖ם (immam) 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 Gen.18.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W9.S1) and character.