Isaiah 15:2:4Isa.15.2.W4TAB
הַבָּמ֖וֹת
habamot
“the high places”
- Transliteration
- ha-ba-MOT
- Extended
- hah-bah-MOHT
- IPA
- /habbaːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the high places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ba-MOT
- clause
A-la ha-BA-yit ve-di-VON ha-ba-MOT le-VE-khi
- sentence
A-la ha-BA-yit ve-di-VON ha-ba-MOT le-VE-khi al-ne-VO ve-AL meid-VA mo-AV ye-ye-LIL be-khol-ro-shav kar-KHA khol-za-KAN ge-ru-A
Exegesis
A series of coordinated objects—habayit {הַבַּיִת | hab-bā-yit} ‘the house’, wedibon {וְדִיבֹן | wə-dib-ōn} ‘and Dibon’, and habamot {הַבָּמוֹת | hab-bā-mōt} ‘the high places’—is governed by the purpose phrase levekhi {לְבֶכִי | lə-vē-kī} ‘for weeping’.
In context — Isaiah 15:2
He goes up to the house , to Dibon, and to the high places for weeping. Over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails ; every head is bald, and every beard is shorn.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 15:2, so the Hebrew word הַבָּמ֖וֹת (habamot) 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 Isa.15.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.2.W4.S1) and character.