Genesis 34:22:8Gen.34.22.W8PAT

לְעַ֣ם

leam

people

Transliteration
le-AM
Extended
leh-AM
IPA
/ləˈʕam/

Meaning by language

English
people
French
peuple
Spanish
pueblo
Portuguese
povo
German
Volk
Russian
народом
Arabic-Simplified
شعبًا
Hindi
प्रजा
Chinese-Simplified
民族
Korean
백성
Indonesian
bangsa
Bengali
জাতি
Tagalog
bayan
Swahili
taifa
Amharic
ሕዝብ
Yoruba
orílẹ̀-èdè
Igbo
mba
Twi
ɔman
Ewe
dukɔ

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Result
לְ + עַ֣ם
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

    akh-be-ZOT ye-o-TU la-NU ha-a-na-SHIM la-SHE-vet it-TA-nu li-he-YOT le-AM e-KHAD

  4. sentence

    akh-be-ZOT ye-o-TU la-NU ha-a-na-SHIM la-SHE-vet it-TA-nu li-he-YOT le-AM e-KHAD be-him-MOL la-NU kol-za-KHAR ka-a-SHER HEM ni-mo-LIM

In contextGenesis 34:22

only in this will consent to us the men to dwell with us to become people one in being circumcised among us every male as they are circumcised

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 34:22, so the Hebrew word לְעַ֣ם (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.34.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.22.W8.S1) and character.