Leviticus 19:37:9Lev.19.37.W9TAB
אֹתָ֑ם
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- clause
u-shmar-TEM ET KOL khu-ko-TAI ve-ET KOL mish-pa-TAI va-a-SEE-TEM o-TAM
- sentence
u-shmar-TEM ET KOL khu-ko-TAI ve-ET KOL mish-pa-TAI va-a-SEE-TEM o-TAM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive perfect, va’asitem {וַעֲשִׂיתֶם | wa-ʿă-šî-tem} ‘and you shall do,’ transitions from obligation to enactment, reinforced by the resumptive pronoun otam {אֹתָם | ʾō-ṯām} ‘them.’
In context — Leviticus 19:37
And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall carry them out. I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:37:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 19:37, so the Hebrew word אֹתָ֑ם (otam) 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.19.37.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.37.W9.S1) and character.