2 Kings 18:25:52 Kgs.18.25.W5TAB
עַל־הַמָּק֥וֹם
alhamakom
“against the place”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- ahl-hah-maa-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʕal.hammaːˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
al-ha-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- clause
a-TA ha-mib-bal-a-de ye-ho-VAH a-li-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE le-hash-khi-TO
- sentence
a-TA ha-mib-bal-a-de ye-ho-VAH a-li-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE le-hash-khi-TO ye-ho-VAH a-MAR e-LAI a-LE al-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT ve-hash-khi-TA
Exegesis
The clause alitiy {עָלִ֛יתִי | ’ā-lî-tî} ‘I went up’ (Qal perfect first-person singular) is followed by the prepositional phrase al-hamakom hazeh {עַל־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה | ’al-hă-mā-qôm hă-zé} ‘against this place’, with the Hiphil infinitive construct lehashkhito {לְהַשְׁחִיתוֹ | lĕ-hash-khî-tô} ‘to destroy it’ expressing purpose.
Root and etymology
q-w-mqof–vav–mem
“standing, establishment”
In context — 2 Kings 18:25
Now, was it apart from the LORD that I went up against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land and destroy it.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמָּק֥וֹם (alhamakom) 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 Kgs.18.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.25.W5.S1) and character.