Job 17:6:3Job.17.6.W3TAB
עַמִּ֑ים
amim
“of peoples”
- Transliteration
- a-MIM
- Extended
- ah-MEEM
- IPA
- /ʕamˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of peoples
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MIM
- clause
ve-hit-si-GA-ni lim-SHOL a-MIM
- sentence
ve-hit-si-GA-ni lim-SHOL a-MIM ve-TO-fet le-fa-NIM e-he-YE
Exegesis
limshol {לִמְשֹׁל | limšōl} is a lamed + infinitive construct indicating purpose or result, marking Job’s status “to be a proverb,” with ammim {עַמִּים | ʿammîm} specifying the broad social scope.
In context — Job 17:6
And He has set me as a proverb for peoples, and I will be a spitting before their faces.
About this coordinate
Job 17:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 17:6, so the Hebrew word עַמִּ֑ים (amim) 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.17.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.6.W3.S1) and character.