Numbers 14:39:8Num.14.39.W8TAB
הָעָ֖ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- hah-AHM
- IPA
- /haˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ab-be-LU ha-AM
- clause
va-yit-ab-be-LU ha-AM me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH et-had-de-va-REEM ha-E-leh el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-ab-be-LU ha-AM me-OD
Exegesis
The sequence concludes with the vav-consecutive Hitpael imperfect vayitabbelu {וַיִּתְאַבְּלוּ | va-yit-ab-bə-lū} ‘and they mourned,’ with haam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ as subject and the adverb meod {מְאֹד | mə-ʾōd} ‘greatly’ indicating intensity. The Hitpael stem conveys a reflexive, communal action, and the Hebrew VSO order is rendered as SVO in English for clarity.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin-mem-mem
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 14:39
And Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:39:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:39, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֖ם (haam) 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.14.39.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.39.W8.S1) and character.