2 Kings 22:19:92 Kgs.22.19.W9TAB
עַל־הַמָּק֨וֹם
alhamakom
“against the place”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- ahl-hah-maa-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʕal.ham.maːˈqoːm/
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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Word in context
- word
al-ha-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- clause
YA-an rakh-le-vav-KHA va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH be-sha-me-a-KHA a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV lih-yoT le-sha-MA ve-lik-la-LA va-tik-RA et-be-ga-DE-kha va-tiv-KE le-fa-NAI
- sentence
YA-an rakh-le-vav-KHA va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH be-sha-me-a-KHA a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV lih-yoT le-sha-MA ve-lik-la-LA va-tik-RA et-be-ga-DE-kha va-tiv-KE le-fa-NAI ve-GAM a-no-KHI sha-MA-ti ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šeŕ} ‘that’ governs the perfect dibarti {דִּבַּרְתִּי | di·bbā·r·tî} ‘I have spoken’ against the place (al-hamakom {עַל־הַמָּקוֹם | ʿal·ham·mā·qôm} ‘against the place’) and its inhabitants (ve-al-yoshvav {וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֗יו | we·ʿal·yō·šā·ḇāy} ‘and against its inhabitants’).
Root and etymology
Rootqof–vav–mem
“standing place”
In context — 2 Kings 22:19
Because your heart was softened and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard My words about this place and its inhabitants—that they were destined for desolation and curse—and you tore your garments and wept before Me, I have heard you also, declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 22:19, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמָּק֨וֹם (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.22.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.19.W9.S1) and character.