עַ֥ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַ֥ם

   AM

   the people of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַ֥ם הָאָ֖רֶץ

   AM ha-A-RETS

   the people of the land
3. clause🔊 עַ֥ם הָאָ֖רֶץ יִרְגְּמֻ֥הוּ בָאָֽבֶן׃

   AM ha-A-RETS yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven

   the people of the land stone him with stones
4. sentence🔊 וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֘ תֹּאמַר֒ אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ֩ מִבְּנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וּמִן־הַגֵּ֣ר הַגָּ֣ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן מִזַּרְע֛וֹ לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת עַ֥ם הָאָ֖רֶץ יִרְגְּמֻ֥הוּ בָאָֽבֶן׃

   veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT AM ha-A-RETS yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven

   say and to the sons of Israel any man man from the sons of Israel and from the stranger the stranger in Israel who gives from his offspring to Molech surely be put to death the people of the land stone him with stones

Exegesis

Finally, the community’s role is expressed by ʿam hā-ʾāreṣ yirgemūhū bā-ʾāben {עַ֥ם הָאָ֖רֶץ יִרְגְּמֻ֥הוּ בָאָֽבֶן | ʿam hāʾāreṣ yirgemūhū baʾāḇen} ‘the people of the land shall stone him with the stone’, highlighting collective responsibility. These structural and emphatic features are rendered in both English versions with parallel distributive and intensification patterns, adapted for idiomatic clarity.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ע-מʿ-m

“people”

• 🔊 עַמִּיʿammîmy peopleHosea 2:1