Numbers 22:12:6Num.22.12.W6TAB

עִמָּהֶ֑ם

immahem

with them

Transliteration
im-ma-HEM
Extended
ihm-mah-HEHM
IPA
/ʕimˈmaːhɛm/

Meaning by language

English
with them

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Result
עִמ + מָּ + הֶ֑ם
im + ma + hem
immahem

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    im-ma-HEM

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-BIL-am LO te-LEKH im-ma-HEM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-BIL-am LO te-LEKH im-ma-HEM LO ta-OR et-ha-AM KI ba-RUKH HU

Exegesis

The phrase immahem {עִמָּהֶ֑ם | ʿimmāhēm} ‘with them’ clarifies prohibited accompaniment, while et-haam {אֶת־הָעָ֔ם | ʾet-hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ serves as direct object.

In contextNumbers 22:12

And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:12, so the Hebrew word עִמָּהֶ֑ם (immahem) 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.22.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.12.W6.S1) and character.