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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
la-AM ha-ZE
- 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
- 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 context — Jeremiah 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.