Numbers 24:14:9Num.24.14.W9TAB

הָעָ֥ם

haam

this people

Transliteration
ha-AM
Extended
hah-AAM
IPA
/haːˈʕam/

Meaning by language

English
this people

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Result
הָ + עָ֥ם
ha + am
haam

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-AM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-AM ha-ZEH

  3. clause

    le-KHA i-a-TSE-kha a-SHER ya-a-SE ha-AM ha-ZEH le-am-KHA be-a-kha-RIT ha-ya-MIM

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TA hin-NE-ni ho-LEKH le-a-MI le-KHA i-a-TSE-kha a-SHER ya-a-SE ha-AM ha-ZEH le-am-KHA be-a-kha-RIT ha-ya-MIM

Exegesis

The groups are defined by haam hazzeh {הָעָם הַזֶּה | hā·‘ām haz·zēh} ‘this people’ and leammekha {לְעַמְּךָ | lə·‘ammə·ḵā} ‘your people’.

Root and etymology

ʿ-m-m

people, nation

In contextNumbers 24:14

And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, let me advise you , what this people will do to your people in the latter days .

About this coordinate

Numbers 24:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 24:14, so the Hebrew word הָעָ֥ם (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.24.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.14.W9.S1) and character.