1 Chronicles 16:39:91 Chr.16.39.W9TAB
בַּבָּמָ֖ה
babama
“in the high place”
- Transliteration
- ba-ba-MA
- Extended
- bah-baa-MAA
- IPA
- /bab.baːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the high place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ba-MA
- clause
ba-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
- sentence
ve-ET tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ve-e-KHAV ha-ko-ha-NIM lif-ne mish-KAN ye-ho-VAH ba-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
Exegesis
The locative phrase ba-bā·māh {בַּבָּמָה | ba·bā·māh} ‘at the high place’ is specified by the relative clause ʾă·šer bə·ġivʿōn {אֲשֶׁר בְּגִבְעֽוֹן | ʾă·šer bə·ġivʿōn} ‘which is in Gibeon’. This structure of direct objects, construct chains, and nested prepositional clauses creates a liturgical tableau, and the English preserves nominal sequences and prepositional markers to echo that pattern.
Root and etymology
b-m-hbet–mem–he
“high place, elevation”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest and his brothers, the priests, were before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:39:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 16:39, so the Hebrew word בַּבָּמָ֖ה (babama) 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 1 Chr.16.39.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.39.W9.S1) and character.