Numbers 22:41:12Num.22.41.W12TAB
הָעָֽם׃
haam
“the people”
- Transliteration
- ha-AM
- Extended
- hah-AAM
- IPA
- /haˈʕaːm/
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
ke-TSEH ha-AM
- clause
va-YAR mi-SHAM ke-TSEH ha-AM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker va-yi-KAKH ba-LAK ET-bil-AM va-ya-a-LE-hu ba-MOT BA-al va-YAR mi-SHAM ke-TSEH ha-AM
Exegesis
Finally, the clause vayyārê’ misham ketzeh ha-ʿām {וַיַּ֥רְא מִשָּׁ֖ם קְצֵ֥ה הָעָֽם | vayyārê’ miš-šām qe-tse hā-ʿām} ‘and he saw from there the edge of the people’ uses spatial orientation to emphasize Balaam’s limited view and the narrative’s theological nuance of restricted insight.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
In context — Numbers 22:41
And it happened in the morning that Balak took Bilaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal; and from there he saw the edge of the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:41:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:41, so the Hebrew word הָעָֽם׃ (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.22.41.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.41.W12.S1) and character.