Genesis 43:21:3Gen.43.21.W3TAB
אֶל־הַמָּל֗וֹן
elhamalon
“to the lodging place”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-LON
- Extended
- ehl-hah-mah-LOHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.ma.ˈloːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the lodging 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' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ma-LON
- phraseyour reading level
ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO va-NA-shev o-TO be-ya-DE-nu
Root and etymology
ל־ו־ן
“to lodge, spend the night”
In context — Genesis 43:21
And it happened that when we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s silver was in the mouth of his sack—our silver in its weight ; so we brought it back in our hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 43:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמָּל֗וֹן (elhamalon) 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.43.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.21.W3.S1) and character.