Genesis 19:27:5Gen.19.27.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥מַד
asheramad
“where he had stood”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-A-mad
- Extended
- ah-shehr-AA-mahd
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.ˈʕaː.mað/
Meaning by language
- English
- where he had stood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
a-sher-A-mad
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-A-mad SHAM
- 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 embedded relative clause asher-amad-sham {אֲשֶׁר־עָמַד שָׁם | ʾă-šer-ʿā-mad šām} ‘where he had stood there’ ties the current action to Abraham’s earlier intercession.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–mem–dalet
“to stand, remain”
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 19:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 19:27, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥מַד (asheramad) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.27.W5.S1) and character.