Genesis 49:6:4Gen.49.6.W4TAB
בִּקְהָלָ֖ם
bikhalam
“in their assembly”
- Transliteration
- bik-ha-LAM
- Extended
- bihk-hah-LAAM
- IPA
- /biq.haːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in their assembly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bik-ha-LAM
- clause
be-so-DAM al-ta-VO naf-SHI bik-ha-LAM al-te-KHAD ke-vo-DI
- sentence
be-so-DAM al-ta-VO naf-SHI bik-ha-LAM al-te-KHAD ke-vo-DI KI ve-ap-PAM har-GU ISH u-vir-tso-NAM ik-ke-ru-SHOR
Exegesis
A parallel prohibition follows: bikhalam {בִּקְהָלָם | bik-hā-lām} “in their assembly” with ʾal + jussive techad {תֵּחַד | tē-ḥaḏ} and subject kevodi {כְּבֹדִי | kə-ḇō-ḏî}, “let my honor not be united,” creating balanced bicola that stress distance from the group.
In context — Genesis 49:6
In their council , do not let my soul enter; in their assembly, do not let my honor be united. For in their anger they killed a man, and by their will they hamstrung an ox.
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 49:6, so the Hebrew word בִּקְהָלָ֖ם (bikhalam) 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.49.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.6.W4.S1) and character.