Genesis 18:24:10Gen.18.24.W10TAB
לַמָּק֔וֹם
lamakom
“the place”
- Transliteration
- la-ma-KOM
- Extended
- lah-mah-KOHM
- IPA
- /lam.maː.ˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
la-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM
- clause
ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH
- sentence
u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH
Exegesis
La-makom {לַמָּקוֹם | la-mā-qôm} ‘for the place’ functions metonymically for the city, and lemaan chamishim ha-tsaddikim {לְמַעַן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִים | lə-ma-ʿan ḥă-miš-šîm haṣ-ṣad-dî-qîm} ‘for the sake of the fifty righteous’ links preservation to moral worth.
Root and etymology
RootQof–Vav–Mem
“to arise, stand”
In context — Genesis 18:24
Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place because of the fifty righteous who are in its midst?
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 18:24, so the Hebrew word לַמָּק֔וֹם (lamakom) 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.18.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.24.W10.S1) and character.