1 Kings 13:22:61 Kgs.13.22.W6TAB
בַּמָּקוֹם֙
bamakom
“in the place”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-KOM
- Extended
- bah-ma-KOHM
- IPA
- /bam.maːˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ma-KOM
- clause
va-ta-SHAV va-to-KHAL LE-khem va-TE-shet MA-yim ba-ma-KOM a-SHER di-BER e-LE-kha al-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-al-TE-shet MA-yim
- sentence
va-ta-SHAV va-to-KHAL LE-khem va-TE-shet MA-yim ba-ma-KOM a-SHER di-BER e-LE-kha al-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-al-TE-shet MA-yim lo-ta-VO niv-la-TE-kha el-KE-ver a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bamakom {בַּמָּקוֹם | ba-mā-qōm} ‘in the place’ is qualified by a relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}, locating the violation precisely at the setting of the earlier divine instruction.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–waw–mem
“place”
In context — 1 Kings 13:22
But you returned and ate bread and drank water in the place where He spoke to you, “Do not eat bread, and do not drink water.” Your corpse will not come to the grave of your fathers.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 13:22, so the Hebrew word בַּמָּקוֹם֙ (bamakom) 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 Kgs.13.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.22.W6.S1) and character.