Genesis 16:13:11Gen.16.13.W11TAB
הֲלֹ֛ם
halom
“here”
- Transliteration
- ha-LOM
- Extended
- hah-LOHM
- IPA
- /hă.ˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- here
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-GAM ha-LOM
- clause
KI am-RA ha-GAM ha-LOM ra-I-ti a-kha-RE ro-I
- sentence
va-tik-RA shem-ye-ho-VAH ha-do-VER e-le-HA a-TA EL ro-I KI am-RA ha-GAM ha-LOM ra-I-ti a-kha-RE ro-I
Exegesis
The interrogative pair ha-gam ha-lōm {הֲגַם הֲלֹם | ha-gam ha-lōm} ‘even here?’
In context — Genesis 16:13
So she called the name of the LORD who was speaking to her, “You are God who sees me,” for she said, “Have I even here seen after the One who sees me?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 16:13, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹ֛ם (halom) 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.16.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.13.W11.S1) and character.