Ezekiel 17:16:6Ezek.17.16.W6TAB
בִּמְקוֹם֙
bimkom
“in the place of”
- Transliteration
- bim-KOM
- Extended
- bihm-KOHM
- IPA
- /bimˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the place of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
bim-KOM
- clause
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO
- sentence
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO it-TO be-TOKH-ba-VEL ya-MUT
Exegesis
The locative clause bimkom hamelekh hamamlikh oto {בִּמְקוֹם הַמֶּלֶךְ הַמַּמְלִ֣יךְ אֹתוֹ | bim-qōm ham-me-lekh ham-ma-mlîkh ʾō-ṯô} ‘in the place of the king who made him king’ uses a construct chain modified by a participle.
In context — Ezekiel 17:16
As I live—declares the Lord GOD —surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised , and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 17:16, so the Hebrew word בִּמְקוֹם֙ (bimkom) 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 Ezek.17.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.16.W6.S1) and character.