Numbers 22:3:4Num.22.3.W4TAB
הָעָ֛ם
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- haa-AM
- IPA
- /haːˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
mip-NEI ha-AM
- clause
va-yi-GAR mo-AV mip-NEI ha-AM me-OD KI rav-HU
- sentence
va-yi-GAR mo-AV mip-NEI ha-AM me-OD KI rav-HU va-yi-KATs mo-AV mip-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Each clause begins with mippnei {מִפְּנֵ֥י | mipp̄nê} governing haam {הָעָם | hāʿām} “the people” in the first and bene yisrael {בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nē yiśrāʾēl} “the sons of Israel” in the second.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
In context — Numbers 22:3
And Moab was greatly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sickened because of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:3, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֛ם (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.22.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.3.W4.S1) and character.