Numbers 14:15:2Num.14.15.W2TAB
אֶת־הָעָ֥ם
ethaam
“this people”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-AM
- Extended
- EET-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- this people
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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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-AM ha-ZEH
- clause
ve-he-ma-TA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-ISH e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-he-ma-TA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-ISH e-KHAD ve-am-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA le-MOR
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-} marks ha’am {הָעָ֥ם | hā-‘ām} ‘the people,’ specified by the demonstrative hazzeh {הַזֶּ֖ה | ha-zzeh} ‘this.’
Root and etymology
ע־מ־מ
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 14:15
And if You put to death this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your report will say,
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעָ֥ם (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.14.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.15.W2.S1) and character.