Exodus 22:6:8Exod.22.6.W8TABWLC Exodus 22:5
הַקָּמָ֖ה
hakama
“the standing grain”
- Transliteration
- ha-ka-MA
- Extended
- hah-kah-MAA
- IPA
- /haq.qaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the standing grain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-ka-MA
- phraseyour reading level
OH ha-ka-MA
- clause
ki-te-TSE ESH oo-ma-tse-A ko-TSIM ve-ne-e-KHAL ga-DISH OH ha-ka-MA OH ha-sa-DE
- sentence
ki-te-TSE ESH oo-ma-tse-A ko-TSIM ve-ne-e-KHAL ga-DISH OH ha-ka-MA OH ha-sa-DE sha-LEM ye-sha-LEM ha-mav-IR et-ha-be-e-RA
Exegesis
It continues with matsaah {מָצְאָה | maṣəʼāh} ‘finds’ and neʼekhal {נֶאֱכַל | nē’ēḵal} ‘is consumed’, listing kotsim {קֹצִים | qōṣîm} ‘thorns’, gadish {גָּדִישׁ | gāḏîš} ‘heap’, haqamāh {הַקָּמָה | ha-qāmāh} ‘standing grain’, and hasadeh {הַשָּׂדֶה | ha-sādeh} ‘field’, linked by the disjunctive o {אוֹ | ’ō} ‘or’ to enumerate the objects at risk.
In context — Exodus 22:6
If a fire goes out and finds thorns, and a heap or the standing grain or the field is consumed, the one who kindled the burning must make complete restitution.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 22:6, so the Hebrew word הַקָּמָ֖ה (hakama) 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.22.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.6.W8.S1) and character.