Deuteronomy 16:7:3Deut.16.7.W3TAB
בַּמָּק֕וֹם
bamakom
“at the place”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-KOM
- Extended
- bah-mah-KOHM
- IPA
- /bam.maˈkoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-ma-KOM
- clause
u-vi-SHAL-ta ve-a-KHAL-ta ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
- sentence
u-vi-SHAL-ta ve-a-KHAL-ta ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO u-fa-NI-ta ba-BO-ker ve-ha-LAKH-ta le-o-ha-LE-kha
Exegesis
The locative phrase bamaqom {בַּמָּקוֹם | ba-mā-qōm} with the restrictive clause asher yivchar {אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר | ă-šer yiv-ḥar} and the divine subject YHWH Eloheicha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | yĕ-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-he-kā}, culminating in bo {בּוֹ | bō} ‘in it’, emphasizes God’s choice of the worship site.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–vav–mem
“place”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:7
And you shall cook and eat it at the place which the LORD your God will choose; then in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 16:7, so the Hebrew word בַּמָּק֕וֹם (bamakom) 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 Deut.16.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.7.W3.S1) and character.