Genesis 20:13:16Gen.20.13.W16TAB
כָּל־הַמָּקוֹם֙
kolhamakom
“every place”
- Transliteration
- kol-ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- kohl-hah-ma-KOHM
- IPA
- /kɔl.ham.maː.ˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- every place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
kol-ha-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
EL kol-ha-ma-KOM
- clause
EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The distributive expression ʾel kol-hammāqôm ʾăšer nabōʾ šammāh {אֶ֤ל כָּל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה | ʾel kol-ham-mā-qôm ʾă-šer nā-vōʾ šām-māh} extends the instruction to every future location.
Root and etymology
q-w-mqof–vav–mem
“place, standing”
In context — Genesis 20:13
And it happened that when God caused me to wander from my father’s house , I said to her, “This is your kindness which you shall do for me: in every place we reach, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 20:13, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ (kolhamakom) 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.20.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.13.W16.S1) and character.