Genesis 13:11:8Gen.13.11.W8TAB
מִקֶּ֑דֶם
mikedem
“from the east”
- Transliteration
- mi-KE-dem
- Extended
- mih-KEH-dem
- IPA
- /miq.ˈqɛ.ðɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the east
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-KE-dem
- clause
va-yiv-khar-LO LOT ET kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN va-yis-SA LOT mi-KE-dem
- sentence
va-yiv-khar-LO LOT ET kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN va-yis-SA LOT mi-KE-dem va-yip-par-DU ISH me-AL a-KHIV
Exegesis
The next wayyiqtol vayissa {וַיִּסַּע | way-yis-saʿ} ‘and he journeyed’ pairs with miqedem {מִקֶּ֑דֶם | miq-qe-dem}, indicating movement toward the east.
In context — Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated , each man from his brother.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 13:11, so the Hebrew word מִקֶּ֑דֶם (mikedem) 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 Gen.13.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.11.W8.S1) and character.