1 Chronicles 17:9:21 Chr.17.9.W2TAB

מָ֠קוֹם

makom

a place

Transliteration
ma-KOM
Extended
maa-KOHM
IPA
/maːˈqoːm/

Meaning by language

English
a place

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מָ֠ + קוֹם
ma + kom
makom

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-KOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-sam-TI ma-KOM

  3. clause

    ve-sam-TI ma-KOM le-am-MI yis-ra-EL u-ne-ta-TI-hu ve-sha-KHAN takh-TAV ve-LO yir-GAZ OD

  4. sentence

    ve-sam-TI ma-KOM le-am-MI yis-ra-EL u-ne-ta-TI-hu ve-sha-KHAN takh-TAV ve-LO yir-GAZ OD ve-lo-yo-SI-fu ve-NE-a-VA-la le-va-LO-to ka-a-SHER ba-ri-sho-NA

Exegesis

The object phrase maqom ləʿammi yiśrāʾēl {מָ֠קוֹם לְעַמִּ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | mā-qôm lə-ʿammî yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘a place for my people Israel’ binds land to covenant identity.

Root and etymology

q-w-mqôp–waw–mem

to stand, establish standing

In context1 Chronicles 17:9

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, and they will dwell in their place and will not be disturbed again, and sons of wickedness will not continue to afflict them as at the beginning.

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 17:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 17:9, so the Hebrew word מָ֠קוֹם (makom) 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.17.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.9.W2.S1) and character.