Job 18:5:1Job.18.5.W1TAB
גַּ֤ם
gam
“indeed or also”
- Transliteration
- GAM
- Extended
- GAHM
- IPA
- /ˈgam/
Meaning by language
- English
- indeed or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
GAM
- clause
GAM OR re-sha-IM yid-AKH
- sentence
GAM OR re-sha-IM yid-AKH ve-LO-yi-GAH she-VIV i-SHO
Exegesis
The opening particle gam {גַּם | gam} ‘also/even’ adds an emphatic, “this too will happen” force within Bildad’s argument about the downfall of the wicked.
In context — Job 18:5
Also the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the spark of his fire will not shine.
About this coordinate
Job 18:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 18:5, 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.18.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.5.W1.S1) and character.