Nehemiah 13:24:11Neh.13.24.W11TAB
וָעָֽם׃
vaam
“and a people”
- Transliteration
- va-AM
- Extended
- vaa-AHM
- IPA
- /vaˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-AM
- phraseyour reading level
AM va-AM
- clause
ve-khil-SHON AM va-AM
- sentence
u-ve-ne-HEM kha-TSI me-da-BER ash-do-DIT ve-e-NAM ma-ki-RIM le-da-BER ye-hu-DIT ve-khil-SHON AM va-AM
Exegesis
The coordinating clause ve-khilshon am va-am {וְכִלְשׁוֹן עַם וָעָם | wə-ki-lə-šōn ʿam wā-ʿām} employs a Merism ‘people and peoples’ to denote diversity, with khilshon ‘like a language’ governing the distributive phrase. This progression underscores the sociolinguistic divide between insider and outsider speech.
In context — Nehemiah 13:24
Half of their children spoke Ashdodite , and they did not know how to speak Judean, but according to the language of each people .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Nehemiah 13:24, so the Hebrew word וָעָֽם׃ (vaam) 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 Neh.13.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.24.W11.S1) and character.