2 Chronicles 1:3:52 Chr.1.3.W5TAB
לַבָּמָ֣ה
labama
“to the high place”
- Transliteration
- la-ba-MA
- Extended
- lah-bah-MAA
- IPA
- /lab.baːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the high place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ba-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
- clause
va-YE-le-KHU she-lo-MO ve-KHOL-ha-ka-HAL im-MO la-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
- sentence
va-YE-le-KHU she-lo-MO ve-KHOL-ha-ka-HAL im-MO la-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON ki-SHAM ha-YA O-hel mo-ED ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER a-SA mo-SHE E-ved-ye-ho-VAH ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The destination is defined by labamah {לַבְּמָה | lab-bāmāh} ’high place’, further specified by the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} with begivon {בְּגִבְעוֹן | bə-givʿôn} ‘at Gibeon’.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Mem–Heh
“high place, height”
In context — 2 Chronicles 1:3
Solomon, accompanied by the entire assembly, went up to the high place at Gibeon, because there was the tent of meeting of God —the one which Moses, the servant of the LORD , had constructed in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 1:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 1:3, so the Hebrew word לַבָּמָ֣ה (labama) 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 2 Chr.1.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.1.3.W5.S1) and character.