Isaiah 18:4:9Isa.18.4.W9TAB
בִמְכוֹנִ֑י
vimkhoni
“from my place or from my dwelling”
- Transliteration
- vim-kho-NI
- Extended
- vihm-khoh-NEE
- IPA
- /vim.xoːˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from my place or from my dwelling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
vim-kho-NI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI
- clause
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI ke-KHOM TSAKH a-LE-OR ke-AV TAL be-KHOM ka-TSIR
Exegesis
The locative modifier bimkoni {בִּמְכוֹנִי | bî-mə-ḵō-nî} ‘in My dwelling place’ situates the divine perspective.
In context — Isaiah 18:4
For thus the LORD said to me, “I will be quiet and I will observe from My dwelling place, like clear heat upon the light, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word בִמְכוֹנִ֑י (vimkhoni) 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.18.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.4.W9.S1) and character.