Leviticus 20:2:17Lev.20.2.W17PAT

עַ֥ם

am

people

Transliteration
AM
Extended
AHM
IPA
/ʕam/

Meaning by language

English
people
French
peuple
Spanish
pueblo
Portuguese
povo
German
Volk
Russian
народ
Arabic-Simplified
الشعب
Hindi
लोग
Chinese-Simplified
民众
Korean
백성
Indonesian
rakyat
Bengali
লোকেরা
Tagalog
mga tao
Swahili
watu
Amharic
ሕዝብ
Yoruba
àwọn ènìyàn
Igbo
ndị mmadụ
Twi
nkurɔfo
Ewe
amewo

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

    AM ha-A-RETZ

  3. clause

    AM ha-A-RETZ yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven

  4. sentence

    veh-el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT AM ha-A-RETZ yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven

In contextLeviticus 20:2

say and to the sons of Israel any man man from the sons of Israel and from the stranger the stranger in Israel who give from his offspring to Molech surely die be put to death people the land stone him with the stone

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Leviticus 20:2, so the Hebrew word עַ֥ם (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 Lev.20.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.2.W17.S1) and character.