Deuteronomy 17:10:7Deut.17.10.W7TAB
מִן־הַמָּק֣וֹם
minhamakom
“from the place”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- min-hah-maa-KOHM
- IPA
- /minhamˈmaːkoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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
min-ha-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
min-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU
- clause
ve-a-si-TA al-PI ha-da-VAR a-SHER ya-gi-DU le-KHA min-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-si-TA al-PI ha-da-VAR a-SHER ya-gi-DU le-KHA min-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-sha-mar-TA la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER yo-ru-KHA
Exegesis
The locative phrase min-ha-makom {מִן־הַמָּקוֹם | min-ha-mā-qōm} ‘from the place’ introduces the setting, further defined by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ and the Qal imperfect yivchar {יִבְחַר | yiv-ḥar} ‘he chooses’, with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the subject.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:10
And you shall act according to the command that they declare to you from the place that the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do everything that they instruct you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 17:10, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַמָּק֣וֹם (minhamakom) 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.17.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.10.W7.S1) and character.