1 Kings 13:8:141 Kgs.13.8.W14TAB
בַּמָּק֖וֹם
bamakom
“in the place”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-KOM
- Extended
- bah-mah-KOHM
- IPA
- /bamːaːˈqoːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ma-KOM
- clause
ve-LO-o-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO esh-TE-ma-YIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM el-ha-ME-lekh im-ti-TEN-li et-kha-TSI BE-te-kha LO a-VO im-MA-kh ve-LO-o-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO esh-TE-ma-YIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The locative bamakom hazeh {בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּה | ba·ma·qōm ha·zeh} ‘in this place’ specifies the setting. In translation, the repeated negatives are rendered as “would not” to reflect the original’s force, and “go with you” preserves the sense of “come with you” in idiomatic English.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–waw–mem
“place”
In context — 1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 13:8, so the Hebrew word בַּמָּק֖וֹם (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.13.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.8.W14.S1) and character.