Numbers 20:3:2Num.20.3.W2TAB
הָעָ֖ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AM
- IPA
- /haːˈʕam/
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-ya-REV ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-MO-sheh
- sentence
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-MO-sheh va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The definite noun ha-am {הָעָ֖ם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ marks a unified collective as subject.
Root and etymology
ʿ–m–mʿ-m-m
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 20:3
And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died in the dying of our brothers before the LORD ."
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 20:3, 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.20.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.3.W2.S1) and character.