Proverbs 22:6:5Prov.22.6.W5TAB
גַּ֥ם
gam
“even”
- Transliteration
- GAM
- Extended
- GAHM
- IPA
- /ˈgam/
Meaning by language
- English
- even
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
GAM
- phraseyour reading level
GAM ki-ya-ze-KIN
- clause
GAM ki-ya-ze-KIN lo-ya-SUR mim-me-NAH
- sentence
kha-NOKH la-NA-ar al-PI dar-KO GAM ki-ya-ze-KIN lo-ya-SUR mim-me-NAH
Exegesis
The conjunction gam {גַּם | gam} ‘also’ with kî {כִּי | kî} ‘when’ links the mandate to the temporal clause yazqîn {יַזְקִין | yazqîn} ‘he grows old’.
In context — Proverbs 22:6
Dedicate a youth according to his way ; even when he grows old, he will not depart from it.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 22:6, so the Hebrew word גַּ֥ם (gam) 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 Prov.22.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.6.W5.S1) and character.