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

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Result
אֹ + תָ֛ם
o + tam
otam

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    o-TAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-e-SOF o-TAM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-e-SOF o-TAM el-mish-MAR she-LO-shet ya-MIM

In contextGenesis 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.