Leviticus 20:5:16Lev.20.5.W16TAB
עַמָּֽם׃
amam
“their people”
- Transliteration
- am-AM
- Extended
- am-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-AM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-KE-rev am-AM
- clause
ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM
- sentence
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM
Exegesis
The phrase mi-qereb ʿammām {מִקֶּ֥רֶב עַמָּם | mi-qereb ʿammām} signals the full removal from the covenant community. The English arrangement preserves the Hebrew’s cascading judgment while enhancing readability.
In context — Leviticus 20:5
I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off him and all who prostitute themselves after him to Molech, from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 20:5, so the Hebrew word עַמָּֽם׃ (amam) 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.20.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.5.W16.S1) and character.