Numbers 13:17:2Num.13.17.W2TAB
אֹתָם֙
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM
- clause
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-E-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-E-retz ke-NA-an va-yo-MER a-le-HEM a-LU ZEH ba-NE-gev va-a-li-TEM ET-ha-HAR
In context — Numbers 13:17
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up here through the Negev and go up into the hill country.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֹתָם֙ (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 Num.13.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.17.W2.S1) and character.