Exodus 21:20:10Exod.21.20.W10TAB
נָקֹ֥ם
nakom
“surely”
- Transliteration
- na-KOM
- Extended
- nah-KOHM
- IPA
- /naː.ˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-KOM
- clause
na-KOM yin-na-KEM
- sentence
ve-khi-ya-KEH ISH et-av-DO OH et-a-ma-TO ba-SHE-vet u-MET TA-khat ya-DO na-KOM yin-na-KEM
Exegesis
The emphatic infinitive absolute na-qom {נָקֹם | nā-qōm} ‘surely’ followed by the imperfect yi-na-qem {יִנָּקֵם | yi-nā-qêm} ‘he shall be avenged’ forms a formulaic legal injunction requiring retribution. This protasis–apodosis structure underscores the seriousness of violence and the imperative of judicial response.
Root and etymology
נ־ק־םn-q-m
“to avenge, require payment”
In context — Exodus 21:20
And if a man strikes his male slave or his female slave with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be avenged .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 21:20, so the Hebrew word נָקֹ֥ם (nakom) 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.21.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.20.W10.S1) and character.