Job 16:4:1Job.16.4.W1TAB
גַּ֤ם
gam
“also”
- Transliteration
- GAM
- Extended
- GAHM
- IPA
- /ˈgam/
Meaning by language
- English
- also
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
- clause
GAM a-no-KHI ka-KHEM
- sentence
GAM a-no-KHI ka-KHEM a-dab-BE-ra lu-YESH naf-she-KHEM TA-khat naf-SHI akh-bi-RA a-le-KHEM be-mil-LIM ve-a-ni-A a-le-KHEM be-MO ro-SHI
Exegesis
The verse opens with gam {גַּם | gam} ‘also,’ establishing Job’s willingness to mirror his friends’ speech.
In context — Job 16:4
I also could speak like you, if your life were in the place of my life; I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
About this coordinate
Job 16:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:4, so the Hebrew word גַּ֤ם (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 Job.16.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.4.W1.S1) and character.