Genesis 21:31:3Gen.21.31.W3TAB
לַמָּק֥וֹם
lammakom
“place”
- Transliteration
- lam-ma-KOM
- Extended
- lahm-mah-KOHM
- IPA
- /lam.maː.ˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
lam-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
lam-ma-KOM ha-HU
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA lam-ma-KOM ha-HU be-ER SHA-va
- sentence
al-KEN ka-RA lam-ma-KOM ha-HU be-ER SHA-va KI SHAM nish-be-U she-NE-hem
Exegesis
The phrase lamakom hahu {לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא | la-mā-qôm hā-hû} “to that place” uses the demonstrative hahu to specify the location.
In context — Genesis 21:31
Therefore he called that place Be'er Sheva, because there the two of them swore an oath .
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:31:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 21:31, so the Hebrew word לַמָּק֥וֹם (lammakom) 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.21.31.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.31.W3.S1) and character.