Exodus 14:29:9Exod.14.29.W9TAB
חֹמָ֔ה
khoma
“a wall”
- Transliteration
- kho-MA
- Extended
- khoh-MAA
- IPA
- /ħoˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-MA
- clause
ve-ham-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
- sentence
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM ve-ham-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-hḥeth-mem-he
“to surround, enclose”
In context — Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were for them a wall from their right side and from their left.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 14:29, so the Hebrew word חֹמָ֔ה (khoma) 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 Exod.14.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.29.W9.S1) and character.