Judges 20:2:8Judg.20.2.W8TAB
עַ֣ם
am
“the people of”
- Transliteration
- AM
- Extended
- AHM
- IPA
- /ˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people of
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
AM
- phraseyour reading level
AM ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yit-ya-tsu-VU pi-NOT kol-ha-AM KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL bik-HAL AM ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yit-ya-tsu-VU pi-NOT kol-ha-AM KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL bik-HAL AM ha-e-lo-HIM ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH rag-LI sho-LEF KHA-rev
Exegesis
The locative phrase bikkehal am haelohim {בִּקְהַ֖ל עַ֣ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | bikkēhāl ʿām hāʾĕlōhîm}, ‘in the assembly of the people of God’, frames the gathering as a covenantal convocation.
Root and etymology
Root’am
“people, community”
In context — Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of all the people, from every tribe of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of God —four hundred thousand infantrymen drawing the sword.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:2, so the Hebrew word עַ֣ם (am) 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.20.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.2.W8.S1) and character.