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

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Result
הָ + עָ֖ם
ha + am
haam

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-AM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-REV ha-AM

  3. clause

    va-ya-REV ha-AM im-MO-sheh

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.