Judges 20:16:2Judg.20.16.W2TAB
הָעָ֣ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AAM
- IPA
- /haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH
- clause
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR i-TER yad-ye-mi-NO
- sentence
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR i-TER yad-ye-mi-NO kal-ZEH ko-LE-a ba-E-ven el-ha-sa-a-RA ve-LO ya-kha-TI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prepositional phrase mikol {מִכֹּל | miq·qōl} ‘from all’ plus ha·ʿam haz-zeh {הָעָם הַזֶּה | hā-ʿām haz-zeh} ‘this people’, establishing the group.
Root and etymology
Root’am
“people, community”
In context — Judges 20:16
From all these people there were seven hundred select men who were left-handed; each could sling a stone at a single hair and still not fail.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 20:16, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֣ם (haam) 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.20.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.16.W2.S1) and character.