Judges 21:15:1Judg.21.15.W1TAB
וְהָעָ֥ם
vehaam
“and the people”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-AM
- Extended
- veh-haa-AHM
- IPA
- /wəhaːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-AM ni-KHAM
- clause
ve-ha-AM ni-KHAM le-vin-ya-MIN
- sentence
ve-ha-AM ni-KHAM le-vin-ya-MIN KI-a-SA Ye-ho-VAH PE-rets be-shiv-TEI yis-re-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with veha'am {וְהָעָם | wə-hā-ʿām} ‘the people,’ where the prefixed conjunction links to the preceding context.
Root and etymology
ע־ם
“people, nation”
In context — Judges 21:15
And the people were grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:15, so the Hebrew word וְהָעָ֥ם (vehaam) 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.21.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.15.W1.S1) and character.