Leviticus 23:43:10Lev.23.43.W10TAB
אוֹתָ֖ם
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
be-ho-tsi-I o-TAM
- clause
le-ma-AN ye-DE-OO do-ro-TEE-khem KI va-SOO-KOHT ho-shav-TI et-be-NEE yis-ra-EL be-ho-tsi-I o-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
le-ma-AN ye-DE-OO do-ro-TEE-khem KI va-SOO-KOHT ho-shav-TI et-be-NEE yis-ra-EL be-ho-tsi-I o-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-khem
Exegesis
The pronoun otam {אוֹתָם | ’ō-tām} and prepositional phrase me’erets mitsrayim {מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | mē-’e-reṣ mits-rā-yim} specify from where.
In context — Leviticus 23:43
So that your generations may know that I caused the sons of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:43:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 23:43, so the Hebrew word אוֹתָ֖ם (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.23.43.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.43.W10.S1) and character.