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

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Result
בָּ + עָ֗ם
ba + am
baam

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
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

    ba-AM

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.