Genesis 6:13:10Gen.6.13.W10TAB
חָמָ֖
khamas
“violence”
- Transliteration
- kha-MAS
- Extended
- khah-MAAS
- IPA
- /ħaːˈmaːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- violence
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
kha-MAS
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM ve-hin-NI mash-khi-TAM et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
Causal ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces male’ah ha-arets chamas {מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס | māl-ʾāh hā-ʾā-reṣ ḥā-mās} ‘for the earth has been filled with violence’, where fronting ha-arets stresses the scope of corruption.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-scheth–mem–samekh
“violence, injustice”
In context — Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; and now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 6:13, so the Hebrew word חָמָ֖ (khamas) 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.6.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.13.W10.S1) and character.