Numbers 14:19:9Num.14.19.W9TAB
לָעָ֣ם
laam
“to the people”
- Transliteration
- la-AM
- Extended
- lah-AAM
- IPA
- /laˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-AM
- phraseyour reading level
la-AM ha-ZEH
- clause
ve-ka-a-SHER na-SA-ta la-AM ha-ZEH mi-mits-RA-yim ve-AD-hen-NAH
- sentence
se-LAKH-NA la-a-VON ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-GO-del khas-DE-kha ve-ka-a-SHER na-SA-ta la-AM ha-ZEH mi-mits-RA-yim ve-AD-hen-NAH
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mʿayin-mem-mem
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 14:19
Please forgive the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Your mercy, and just as You have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:19, so the Hebrew word לָעָ֣ם (laam) 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.14.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.19.W9.S1) and character.