הֳקִמַ֔ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הֳקִמַ֔ת

   ho-ki-MAT

   it was raised up
2. clause🔊 וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שניה שִׁנַּ֑הּ

   va-A-ru khe-YA-va a-kho-RI tin-ya-NA dam-YA le-DOV ve-lis-TAR-khad ho-ki-MAT u-te-LAT il-e-IN be-FUM-ma BEN she-ni-YA SHIN-na

   and behold a beast another a second {one} like or resembling to a bear and to one side it was raised up and three ribs in its mouth between its teeth a tooth {its tooth}
3. sentence🔊 וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שניה שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

   va-A-ru khe-YA-va a-kho-RI tin-ya-NA dam-YA le-DOV ve-lis-TAR-khad ho-ki-MAT u-te-LAT il-e-IN be-FUM-ma BEN she-ni-YA SHIN-na ve-KHEN am-RIN LA ku-MI a-khu-LI be-SAR sa-GI

   and behold a beast another a second {one} like or resembling to a bear and to one side it was raised up and three ribs in its mouth between its teeth a tooth {its tooth} and thus they were saying to it or to her arise eat or devour flesh much or great

Exegesis

The Hophal hqimat {הֳקִמַ֔ת | hô-qî-maṯ} ‘was raised up’ emphasizes passive elevation, followed by utlat il’in befummah bein shinnah {וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ | u-tĕ-lāṯ ʿil-ʿîn bə-pum-māh bêyn šin-nāh} locating three ribs in its mouth between its teeth to underscore predatory detail.