Leviticus 17:10:19Lev.17.10.W19TAB
עַמָּֽהּ׃
ammah
“her people”
- Transliteration
- am-MAH
- Extended
- ahm-MAA
- IPA
- /ʕamˈmah/
Meaning by language
- English
- her people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
am-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
mi-KE-rev am-MAH
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI fa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-o-KHE-let et-ha-DAM ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TAH mi-KE-rev am-MAH
- sentence
ve-ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER yo-KHAL kol-DAM ve-na-ta-TI fa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-o-KHE-let et-ha-DAM ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TAH mi-KE-rev am-MAH
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect ve-hikhrati {וְהִכְרַתִּי | wə-hīḵrâttî} ‘and I will cut off,’ together with mi-kerev ammah {מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּהּ | mi-kerêv ’ammāh} ‘from among her people,’ emphasizes decisive communal exclusion.
In context — Leviticus 17:10
Should any man of the house of Israel or any sojourner residing among them eat blood, I will set My face against the nefesh consuming blood and will cut that person off from among his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:10:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Leviticus 17:10, so the Hebrew word עַמָּֽהּ׃ (ammah) 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.17.10.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.10.W19.S1) and character.