2 Chronicles 6:21:82 Chr.6.21.W8TAB
אֶל־הַמָּק֣וֹם
elhamakom
“toward the place”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-maa-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hamːaːˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
el-ha-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- clause
ve-sha-MA-ta el-ta-kha-nu-NE av-de-KHA ve-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL a-SHER yit-pa-le-LU el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
ve-sha-MA-ta el-ta-kha-nu-NE av-de-KHA ve-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL a-SHER yit-pa-le-LU el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-a-TA tish-MA mim-me-KOM shiv-te-KHA min-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-sha-MA-ta ve-sa-LAKH-ta
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yitpallelu {אֲשֶׁר יִתְפַּֽלְּל֖וּ | ʾăšer yiṯpalləlû} ‘who pray’ introduces purpose, governing el-hamakom hazeh {אֶל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּה | ʾel-hammāqôm hazzêh} ‘toward this place’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“imprecation, binding curse”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:21
And You hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from Your dwelling place in heaven, and when You hear, forgive.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 6:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמָּק֣וֹם (elhamakom) 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.6.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.21.W8.S1) and character.