Jeremiah 15:20:2Jer.15.20.W2TAB

לָעָ֣ם

laam

to the people

Transliteration
la-AM
Extended
laa-AHM
IPA
/laːˈʕaːm/

Meaning by language

English
to the people

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Result
לָ + עָ֣ם
la + am
laam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-AM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-AM ha-ZE

  3. clause

    u-ne-ta-TI-kha la-AM ha-ZE le-kho-MAT ne-KHO-shet be-tsu-RA ve-nil-kha-MU e-LE-kha ve-LO-YU-khe-LU LAKH

  4. sentence

    u-ne-ta-TI-kha la-AM ha-ZE le-kho-MAT ne-KHO-shet be-tsu-RA ve-nil-kha-MU e-LE-kha ve-LO-YU-khe-LU LAKH KI-it-te-KHA a-NI le-ho-shi-A-kha u-le-ha-tsi-LE-kha ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The direct object phrase la‘am hazzeh {לָעָם הַזֶּה | lā-ʿām haz-zeh} ‘to this people’ uses a demonstrative pronoun to specify the audience.

In contextJeremiah 15:20

And I will make you a fortified wall of bronze for this people; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 15:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 15:20, so the Hebrew word לָעָ֣ם (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 Jer.15.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.20.W2.S1) and character.