Judges 18:10:3Judg.18.10.W3TAB
אֶל־עַ֣ם
elam
“to a people”
- Transliteration
- el-AM
- Extended
- ehl-AM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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
el-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ta-VO-u el-AM bo-TE-akh
- clause
ke-vo-a-KHEM ta-VO-u el-AM bo-TE-akh ve-ha-A-rets ra-kha-VAT ya-DA-yim ki-ne-ta-NAH e-lo-HIM be-yed-KHEM
- sentence
ke-vo-a-KHEM ta-VO-u el-AM bo-TE-akh ve-ha-A-rets ra-kha-VAT ya-DA-yim ki-ne-ta-NAH e-lo-HIM be-yed-KHEM ma-KOM a-SHER EN-SHAM ma-khe-SOR kol-da-VAR a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The noun phrase ʿam bōtēaḥ {עַם בֹּטֵחַ | ʿam bō-ṯē-aḥ} ‘trusting people’ uses a participial form to depict the inhabitants’ confident stance.
In context — Judges 18:10
When you enter, you will come upon a trusting people and a land is wide , for God has put it into your hands—a place where nothing of all that is in the land is lacking.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 18:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עַ֣ם (elam) 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 Judg.18.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.10.W3.S1) and character.