מִמְּכ֣וֹן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִמְּכ֣וֹן

   mim-ke-VON

   from the place
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ

   mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha

   from the place of your dwelling
3. clause🔊 וְאַתָּ֞ה תִּשְׁמַ֤ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַנָּכְרִ֑י

   ve-a-TA tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha ve-a-si-TA ke-KHOL a-sher-yik-RA e-LE-kha ha-nokh-RI

   and you you will hear from the heavens from the place of your dwelling and you will do according to all which he will call to you the foreigner
4. sentence🔊 וְאַתָּ֞ה תִּשְׁמַ֤ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַנָּכְרִ֑י לְמַ֣עַן יֵדְעוּ֩ כָל־עַמֵּ֨י הָאָ֜רֶץ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֗ךָ וּלְיִרְאָ֤ה אֹֽתְךָ֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלָדַ֕עַת כִּֽי־שִׁמְךָ֣ נִקְרָ֔א עַל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃

   ve-a-TA tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha ve-a-si-TA ke-KHOL a-sher-yik-RA e-LE-kha ha-nokh-RI le-MA-an ye-de-U khol-am-ME ha-A-rets et-she-ME-kha u-le-yir-A ot-KHA ke-am-KHA yis-ra-EL ve-la-DA-at ki-shim-KHA nik-RA al-ha-BA-yit ha-ZE a-SHER ba-NI-ti

   and you you will hear from the heavens from the place of your dwelling and you will do according to all which he will call to you the foreigner in order that they may know all the peoples of the earth {direct object} your name and to fear you as your people Israel and to know that your name is called upon the house this which I have built

Exegesis

Two parallel source phrases—min-ha-shamayim {מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם | min-hā-šāmayim} ‘from the heavens’ and mi-mekhon shivtekha {מִמְּכוֹן שִׁבְתֶּךָ | mi-məkhon šivtəḵā} ‘from the place of Your dwelling’—intensify the image of God hearing from His exalted residence. The relative clause asher-yikra ...

Root and etymology

k-w-n🔊 כ־ו־ןkaf–vav–nun

“to establish, fix”