Jeremiah 16:10:4Jer.16.10.W4TAB
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
ve-ha-YA KI ta-GID la-AM ha-ZE ET KAL-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI ta-GID la-AM ha-ZE ET KAL-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ve-am-RU e-LE-kha al-ME di-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT u-ME a-vo-NE-nu u-ME kha-ta-TE-nu a-SHER kha-ta-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
Exegesis
A conditional clause ki taggid {כִּי תַגִּיד | kî tag-gîḏ} ‘when you declare’ governs the direct object et kol-ha-dvarim ha-eleh {אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | ʾēt kol-had-də-ḇā-rîm hā-ʾēl-leh}, emphasizing the totality of the prophet’s message to la-ʿam ha-zeh {לָעָם הַזֶּה | lā-ʿām ha-zzeh} ‘this people.’
In context — Jeremiah 16:10
And it shall be, when you declare all these words to this people, that they will say to you, “Why has the LORD declared all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity, and what is our sin which we have sinned against the LORD our God?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 16:10, 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.16.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.10.W4.S1) and character.