Leviticus 20:18:16Lev.20.18.W16TAB
עַמָּֽם׃
ammam
“their people”
- Transliteration
- am-MAM
- Extended
- ahm-MAAM
- IPA
- /ʕamˈmaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their 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' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
am-MAM
- phraseyour reading level
mik-KE-rev am-MAM
- clause
ve-nikh-re-TU she-NEY-hem mik-KE-rev am-MAM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-sher-yish-KAV et-ish-SHAH da-VAH ve-gil-LAH et-er-va-TAH et-me-ko-RAH heh-eh-RAH ve-HI gil-le-TAH et-me-KOR da-me-HA ve-nikh-re-TU she-NEY-hem mik-KE-rev am-MAM
Exegesis
The niphal perfect ve-nikhrētu {וְנִכְרְתּוּ | wə-nikh-rē-tū} conveys a passive, judicial exclusion applied to shenehem {שְׁנֵיהֶם | šenêhem} “both of them” from mi-kerev ammam {מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּם | miqqēreḇ ʿammām}, aligning legal prescript with communal boundaries.
In context — Leviticus 20:18
And if a man lies with a woman who is menstruating, and he uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:18:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 20:18, so the Hebrew word עַמָּֽם׃ (ammam) 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.20.18.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.18.W16.S1) and character.