Exodus 1:9:4Exod.1.9.W4PAT

עַ֚ם

am

people

Transliteration
AM
Extended
AHM
IPA
/ˈʕam/

Meaning by language

English
people
French
peuple
Spanish
pueblo
Portuguese
povo
German
Volk
Russian
народ
Arabic-Simplified
شعب
Hindi
जन
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
백성
Indonesian
bangsa
Bengali
জাতি
Tagalog
bayan
Swahili
watu
Amharic
ሕዝብ
Yoruba
ènìyàn
Igbo
ndị mmadụ
Twi
nkurɔfoɔ
Ewe
ame

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    AM

  2. clause

    hi-NEH AM be-NE yis-ra-EL RAV ve-a-TSUM mi-MEN-nu

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer el-am-MO hi-NEH AM be-NE yis-ra-EL RAV ve-a-TSUM mi-MEN-nu

In contextExodus 1:9

and he said to his people behold people sons of Israel many and mighty than us

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 1:9, so the Hebrew word עַ֚ם (am) 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 Exod.1.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.9.W4.S1) and character.