Genesis 34:16:9Gen.34.16.W9PAT

לְעַ֥ם

leam

people

Transliteration
le-AM
Extended
leh-AHM
IPA
/lə.ˈʕam/

Meaning by language

English
people
French
peuple
Spanish
pueblo
Portuguese
povo
German
Volk
Russian
народом
Arabic-Simplified
شعبًا
Hindi
जाति
Chinese-Simplified
个民族
Korean
백성
Indonesian
bangsa
Bengali
জাতি
Tagalog
bayang
Swahili
taifa
Amharic
ሕዝብ
Yoruba
ẹ̀yà
Igbo
ndị mmadụ
Twi
ɔman
Ewe
dukɔ

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Result
לְ + עַ֥ם
le + am
leam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    le-AM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-AM e-KHAD

  3. clause

    ve-ya-SHAV-nu it-te-KHEM ve-ha-YI-nu le-AM e-KHAD

  4. sentence

    ve-na-TAN-nu et-be-no-TE-nu la-KHEM ve-et-be-no-te-KHEM ni-kakh-LA-nu ve-ya-SHAV-nu it-te-KHEM ve-ha-YI-nu le-AM e-KHAD

In contextGenesis 34:16

we will give our daughters to you and your daughters we will take for ourselves we will dwell with you we will become people one

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 34:16, so the Hebrew word לְעַ֥ם (leam) 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.34.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.16.W9.S1) and character.