Isaiah 17:5:4Isa.17.5.W4TAB
קָמָ֔ה
kama
“standing grain”
- Transliteration
- ka-MA
- Extended
- kaa-MAA
- IPA
- /qaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- standing grain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ka-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-TSIR ka-MA
- clause
ve-ha-YA ke-e-SOF ka-TSIR ka-MA u-ze-RO shi-bo-LIM yik-TSOR
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ke-e-SOF ka-TSIR ka-MA u-ze-RO shi-bo-LIM yik-TSOR ve-ha-YA kim-la-KET shi-bo-LIM be-E-mek re-fa-IM
Exegesis
In the first simile, the noun phrase katzir qamah {קָצִיר קָמָה | qā-ṣîr qā-māh} ‘standing harvest’ leads into the verb yiktzor {יִקְצֹר | yiq-ṣōr} ‘he reaps’, with the construct chain uzro’o shibbolim {וּזְרֹעוֹ שִׁבֹּלִים | wə-zə-rō-’ō šib-bō-lîm} ‘with his arm ears of grain’ specifying instrument and object. The second clause mirrors this pattern, substituting the participle kimlaket for the infinitive.
Root and etymology
q-m-hqof–mem–he
“to stand (upright)”
In context — Isaiah 17:5
And it will be as when a harvester gathers the standing grain , and with his arm he reaps the ears of grain. And it will be as one who picks up ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 17:5, so the Hebrew word קָמָ֔ה (kama) 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.17.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.5.W4.S1) and character.