Numbers 22:6:4Num.22.6.W4TAB
אֶת־הָעָ֣ם
ethaam
“this people”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-AM
- Extended
- EET-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.haˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- this 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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Word in context
- word
ET-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH
- clause
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz KI ya-DA-ti ET a-sher-te-va-REKH me-vo-RACH va-a-SHER ta-OR yu-AR
Exegesis
The accusative marker et {אֶת־ | ’et} specifies the object haam hazzeh {הָעָם הַזֶּה | hā-‘ām ha-z-zeh} ‘these people’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
In context — Numbers 22:6
And now, please go curse these people for me, because they are mightier than I; perhaps I shall strike them and drive them out from the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעָ֣ם (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.22.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.6.W4.S1) and character.