Numbers 16:47:15Num.16.47.W15TABWLC Numbers 17:12
עַל־הָעָֽם׃
alhaam
“for the people”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-AM
- Extended
- AHL-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /vajjəxaˈper/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ha-AM
- clause
va-yi-TEN et-hak-to-RET va-ye-kha-PER al-ha-AM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER di-BER-MO-sheh va-ya-RATS el-TOKH ha-ka-HAL ve-hi-NEH he-KHEL ha-NE-gef ba-AM va-yi-TEN et-hak-to-RET va-ye-kha-PER al-ha-AM
Exegesis
The sequence et ha-ketoret vayyekaper al ha-am {אֶת־הַקְּטֹרֶת וַיְכַפֵּר עַל־הָעָם | ʾet haqqəṭôrēt văyyəḵappēr ʿal hāʿām} utilizes sacrificial language to depict ritual intervention for communal salvation.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-heh
“to ascend, go up”
In context — Numbers 16:47
And Aaron took it just as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly ; and behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he placed the incense and made atonement for the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:47:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 16:47, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָעָֽם׃ (alhaam) 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.16.47.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.47.W15.S1) and character.