Genesis 19:15:8Gen.19.15.W8TAB
קוּם֩
kum
“get up”
- Transliteration
- KUM
- Extended
- KOOM
- IPA
- /ˈquːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- get up
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KUM
- phraseyour reading level
KUM KAKH et-ish-te-KHA
- clause
KUM KAKH et-ish-te-KHA ve-et-she-TEI ve-no-TE-kha han-nim-tsa-OT pen-tis-sa-FE ba-a-VON ha-IR
- sentence
u-khe-MO hash-SHA-khar a-LA va-ya-I-tsu ham-mal-a-KHIM be-LOT le-MOR KUM KAKH et-ish-te-KHA ve-et-she-TEI ve-no-TE-kha han-nim-tsa-OT pen-tis-sa-FE ba-a-VON ha-IR
Exegesis
Inside the speech, the imperatives qûm {קוּם | qûm} + qaḥ {קַח | qaḥ} heighten immediacy.
Root and etymology
ק־ו־ם
“place, standing site”
In context — Genesis 19:15
As the dawn was rising, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 19:15, so the Hebrew word קוּם֩ (kum) 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.19.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.15.W8.S1) and character.