Numbers 32:8:5Num.32.8.W5TAB

אֹתָ֛ם

otam

them

Transliteration
o-TAM
Extended
oh-TAM
IPA
/ʔoˈtam/

Meaning by language

English
them

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Result
אֹ + תָ֛ם
o + tam
otam

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    o-TAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-shal-KHI o-TAM

  3. clause

    be-shal-KHI o-TAM mi-ka-DESH bar-NE-a lir-OT ET-ha-A-retz

  4. sentence

    KOH a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem be-shal-KHI o-TAM mi-ka-DESH bar-NE-a lir-OT ET-ha-A-retz

Root and etymology

Roottav-mem-mem

completeness, finish

In contextNumbers 32:8

This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land .

About this coordinate

Numbers 32:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 32:8, so the Hebrew word אֹתָ֛ם (otam) 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.32.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.8.W5.S1) and character.