Genesis 19:27:4Gen.19.27.W4TAB
אֶל־הַ֨מָּק֔וֹם
elhamakom
“to the place”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- el-hah-mah-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʔel.ham.maː.ˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ma-KOM
- clause
el-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-A-mad SHAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yash-KEM av-ra-HAM ba-BO-ker el-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-A-mad SHAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el hamakom {אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם | ʾel-ham-mā-qôm} ‘to the place’ returns the focus to a specific site previously introduced in Genesis 18.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–vav–mem
“to arise, stand”
In context — Genesis 19:27
Abraham rose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood in the presence of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:27, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַ֨מָּק֔וֹם (elhamakom) 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.19.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.27.W4.S1) and character.