Leviticus 16:15:5Lev.16.15.W5TAB
לָעָ֔ם
laam
“for the people”
- Transliteration
- la-AM
- Extended
- lah-AAM
- IPA
- /laːˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-AM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER la-AM
- clause
ve-sha-KHAT et-se-EER ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VEE et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet
- sentence
ve-sha-KHAT et-se-EER ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VEE et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet ve-a-SAA et-da-MO ka-a-SHER a-SAA le-DAM ha-PAR ve-hiz-ZA o-TO al-ha-ka-PO-ret ve-lif-NEH ha-ka-PO-ret
In context — Leviticus 16:15
And he shall slaughter the male goat of the sin offering which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the bull’s blood, and sprinkle it on the atonement cover and before the atonement cover.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 16:15, so the Hebrew word לָעָ֔ם (laam) 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.16.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.15.W5.S1) and character.