Numbers 7:5:9Num.7.5.W9TAB
אוֹתָם֙
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-tat-TA o-TAM
- clause
ve-na-tat-TA o-TAM el-hal-vi-YIM ISH ke-FI a-vo-da-TO
- sentence
KAKH me-it-TAM ve-ha-YU la-a-VOD et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-na-tat-TA o-TAM el-hal-vi-YIM ISH ke-FI a-vo-da-TO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive perfect venatatta {וְנָתַתָּ֤ | wə·nā·ṯat·tā} ‘and you shall give’ introduces the distribution command, directing otam {אוֹתָם֙ | ʾō·ṯām} ‘them’ el-ha-Leviyim {אֶל־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | ʾel ha·le·wî·yîm} ‘to the Levites.’
In context — Numbers 7:5
Take them from the people, and they shall be for the service of the Tent of Meeting. Then you shall give them to the Levites , each man according to his service.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 7:5, so the Hebrew word אוֹתָם֙ (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.7.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.5.W9.S1) and character.