Genesis 1:17:2Gen.1.17.W2PAT
אֹתָ֛ם
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoː.ˈθaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
- French
- les
- Spanish
- los
- Portuguese
- os
- German
- sie
- Russian
- их
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِيَّاهُمْ
- Hindi
- उन्हें
- Chinese-Simplified
- 它们
- Korean
- 그것들을
- Indonesian
- semuanya
- Bengali
- তাদেরকে
- Tagalog
- ang mga iyon
- Swahili
- hizo
- Amharic
- እነሱን
- Yoruba
- wọn
- Igbo
- ha
- Twi
- wɔn
- Ewe
- wo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֹ + תָ֛ם
↓
o + tam
↓
otam
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-TEN o-TAM
- clause
va-yit-TEN o-TAM e-lo-HIM bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yit-TEN o-TAM e-lo-HIM bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 1:17
God {And He} placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 1:17, 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 Gen.1.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.17.W2.S1) and character.