Numbers 18:3:12Num.18.3.W12TAB
גַם־הֵ֖ם
gamhem
“both they”
- Transliteration
- gam-HEM
- Extended
- gahm-HEYM
- IPA
- /ɡamˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- both they
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gam-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ya-MU-tu gam-HEM
- clause
AKH el-ke-LEI hak-KO-desh ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh LO yik-ra-VOO ve-LO-ya-MU-tu gam-HEM gam-a-TEM
- sentence
ve-sham-RU mish-mar-TE-kha u-mish-ME-ret kol-ha-O-hel AKH el-ke-LEI hak-KO-desh ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh LO yik-ra-VOO ve-LO-ya-MU-tu gam-HEM gam-a-TEM
Exegesis
The concluding gam-hem gam-atem {גַּם־הֵם גַּם־אַתֶּם | gam-hēm gam-ʾat-tem} reinforces mutual accountability.
In context — Numbers 18:3
And they shall keep your duty and the duty of all the tent, but they must not approach the holy vessels or the altar, so that they may not die—both they and you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 18:3, so the Hebrew word גַם־הֵ֖ם (gamhem) 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.18.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.3.W12.S1) and character.