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

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Result
עַ + מִּ֑ים
a + mim
amim

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-MIM

  2. clause

    ve-hit-si-GA-ni lim-SHOL a-MIM

  3. 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 contextJob 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.