Genesis 42:17:2Gen.42.17.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
- 他们
- Korean
- 그들을
- Indonesian
- mereka
- Bengali
- তাদের
- Tagalog
- sila
- Swahili
- wao
- Amharic
- እነርሱን
- 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-ye-e-SOF o-TAM
- sentence
va-ye-e-SOF o-TAM el-mish-MAR she-LO-shet ya-MIM
In context — Genesis 42:17
he put them into custody for three days
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 42:17, 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.42.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.17.W2.S1) and character.