Leviticus 15:27:2Lev.15.27.W2TAB

בָּ֖ם

bam

in them

Transliteration
BAM
Extended
BAHM
IPA
/bam/

Meaning by language

English
in them

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    BAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-KHOL-ha-no-GE-a BAM

  3. clause

    ve-KHOL-ha-no-GE-a BAM yit-MA

  4. sentence

    ve-KHOL-ha-no-GE-a BAM yit-MA ve-KHI-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AA-rev

Exegesis

The prepositional pronoun bam {בָּ֖ם | bām} “in them” refers back to the objects of impurity described earlier.

In contextLeviticus 15:27

Anyone who touches them will become unclean ; he must wash his garments and bathe in water, and he will remain unclean until the evening.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 15:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:27, so the Hebrew word בָּ֖ם (bam) 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 Lev.15.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.27.W2.S1) and character.