Numbers 21:6:8Num.21.6.W8TAB
אֶת־הָעָ֑ם
ethaam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-AM
- Extended
- eet-ha-AAHM
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.haːˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-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 accompanying verb vayinashechu {וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּ | wayyinnāššəḵû} ‘and they bit’ targets ha-am {הָעָ֑ם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ}.
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 21:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 21:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעָ֑ם (ethaam) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.6.W8.S1) and character.