Genesis 20:6:5Gen.20.6.W5TAB
גַּ֣ם
gam
“indeed”
- Transliteration
- GAM
- Extended
- GAHM
- IPA
- /ˈgam/
Meaning by language
- English
- indeed
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
GAM
- phraseyour reading level
GAM a-no-KHI ya-da-e-TI
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV ha-e-lo-HIM ba-kha-LOM GAM a-no-KHI ya-da-e-TI KI ve-tam-le-vav-KHA a-SI-ta ZOT va-e-khe-SOKH gam-a-no-KHI o-te-KHA me-kha-to-LI
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV ha-e-lo-HIM ba-kha-LOM GAM a-no-KHI ya-da-e-TI KI ve-tam-le-vav-KHA a-SI-ta ZOT va-e-khe-SOKH gam-a-no-KHI o-te-KHA me-kha-to-LI al-KEN lo-ne-ta-TI-kha li-ne-GO-a e-le-HA
Exegesis
The emphatic sequence gam anokhi yadati {גַּם אָנֹכִי יָדַעְתִּי | gam·ʾā-nō-kî yā·ḏaʿ·tî} links gam and the pronoun for heightened divine self-awareness.
In context — Genesis 20:6
And God said to him in a dream, “Truly, I discerned that in the integrity of your heart you acted thus; and I, even I, restrained you from transgressing against Me. Therefore I did not permit you to touch her.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 20:6, so the Hebrew word גַּ֣ם (gam) 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.20.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.6.W5.S1) and character.