Genesis 11:6:4Gen.11.6.W4PAT

עַ֤ם

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
जनसमूह
Chinese-Simplified
民族
Korean
백성
Indonesian
bangsa
Bengali
জনগোষ্ঠী
Tagalog
bayan
Swahili
taifa
Amharic
ሕዝብ
Yoruba
èèyàn
Igbo
ndị mmadụ
Twi
ɔman
Ewe
dukɔ

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. phraseyour reading level

    HEN AM e-KHAD

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH HEN AM e-KHAD ve-sa-FA a-KHAT le-KHUL-LAM ve-ZEH ha-khil-LAM la-a-SOT

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH HEN AM e-KHAD ve-sa-FA a-KHAT le-KHUL-LAM ve-ZEH ha-khil-LAM la-a-SOT ve-at-TA lo-yib-ba-TSER me-HEM KOL a-SHER yaz-MU la-a-SOT

In contextGenesis 11:6

LORD said behold people one and language one for all of them and this their beginning to do and now all that plan to do will not be withheld from them

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 11:6, so the Hebrew word עַ֤ם (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 Gen.11.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.6.W4.S1) and character.