Genesis 32:2:9Gen.32.2.W9TABWLC Genesis 32:3
שֵׁם־הַמָּקוֹם
shemhamakom
“the name of”
- Transliteration
- shem-ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- shehm-ham-ma-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʃeːm.ham.maˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
shem-ha-ma-KOM
- sentence
va-yo-MER ya-a-KOV ka-a-SHER RA-am ma-kha-NE e-lo-HIM ZEH va-yi-ke-RA shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU ma-kha-na-YIM
Exegesis
Vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yiq-rāʾ} then marks the naming action, with shem-hamakom ha-hu {שֵׁם־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא} serving as the object “the name of that place,” culminating in machanayim {מַחֲנָיִם | ma-ḥă-nā-yim}. The dual form of machanayim evokes the twin camps motif, preserved in English through the explanatory note.
Root and etymology
š-mShin–Mem
“name, reputation”
In context — Genesis 32:2
Upon seeing them, Jacob declared, “This is the camp of God ,” and he named that place Mahanaim .
About this coordinate
Genesis 32:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 32:2, so the Hebrew word שֵׁם־הַמָּקוֹם (shemhamakom) 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.32.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.32.2.W9.S1) and character.