Numbers 13:30:3Num.13.30.W3TAB
אֶת־הָעָ֖ם
ethaam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-AM
- Extended
- EET-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔet.haˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-HAS ka-LEV et-ha-AM el-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-ya-HAS ka-LEV et-ha-AM el-mo-SHEH va-yo-MER a-LO na-a-LE ve-ya-RASH-nu o-TAH ki-ya-KHOL nu-KHAL LAH
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks haam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ as the direct object.
The pronoun otah {אֹתָהּ | ôthâh} identifies ‘it, the land’ as the feminine object.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-m
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 13:30
And Caleb hushed the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and possess the land , for we are fully able."
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעָ֖ם (ethaam) 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.13.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.30.W3.S1) and character.