Exodus 22:27:8Exod.22.27.W8TABWLC Exodus 22:26
בַּמֶּ֣ה
bameh
“in what”
- Transliteration
- ba-MEH
- Extended
- bah-MEH
- IPA
- /ba.ˈmɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in what
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-MEH
- phraseyour reading level
ba-MEH yish-KAV
- clause
ba-MEH yish-KAV ve-ha-YAH ki-yits-AK e-LAI ve-sha-ma-TI ki-khan-NUN a-NI
- sentence
KI HIW ke-suu-TO le-va-DAH HIW sim-la-TO le-o-RO ba-MEH yish-KAV ve-ha-YAH ki-yits-AK e-LAI ve-sha-ma-TI ki-khan-NUN a-NI
Exegesis
The interrogative bameh {בַּמֶּה | ba-mêh} ‘with what’ forms a rhetorical question.
In context — Exodus 22:27
For it is his only covering; it is his cloak for his skin—what else will he sleep in? And it shall be that when he cries out to Me , I will hear, for I am gracious .
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 22:27, so the Hebrew word בַּמֶּ֣ה (bameh) 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.22.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.27.W8.S1) and character.