Numbers 21:6:3Num.21.6.W3TAB
בָּעָ֗ם
baam
“among the people”
- Transliteration
- ba-AM
- Extended
- baa-AM
- IPA
- /baːˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- among the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-AM
- clause
va-ya-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH ba-AM ET han-ne-kha-SHIM has-se-ra-FIM va-ye-nash-KHU et-ha-AM
- sentence
va-ya-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH ba-AM ET han-ne-kha-SHIM has-se-ra-FIM va-ye-nash-KHU et-ha-AM va-ya-MAT am-RAV mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verb’s subject YHWH {יְהוָ֜ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ sends action ba-am {בָּעָ֗ם | baʿām} ‘among the people’.
Root and etymology
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 21:6
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many Israelites died .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:6, so the Hebrew word בָּעָ֗ם (baam) 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.21.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.6.W3.S1) and character.