Isaiah 24:21:7Isa.24.21.W7TAB
הַמָּר֖וֹם
hammarom
“the height”
- Transliteration
- ham-ma-ROM
- Extended
- hahm-mah-ROHM
- IPA
- /ham.maˈroːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the height
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ham-ma-ROM
- phraseyour reading level
al-tse-VA ham-ma-ROM
- clause
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU yif-KOD ye-ho-VAH al-tse-VA ham-ma-ROM bam-ma-ROM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU yif-KOD ye-ho-VAH al-tse-VA ham-ma-ROM bam-ma-ROM ve-al-mal-KHE ha-a-da-MA al-ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The paired expressions ṣəḇāʼ hammā-rōm bā-mmā-rōm {צְבָא הַמָּר֖וֹם בַּמָּר֑וֹם | ṣə-ḇāʼ hammā-rōm bā-mmā-rōm} and malkê hā-ʾă-dā-māh ʿal-hā-ʾă-dā-māh {מַלְכֵי הָאֲדָמָה עַל־הָאֲדָמָה | malkê hā-ʾă-dā-māh ʿal-hā-ʾă-dā-māh} form a parallelism contrasting the heavenly host above with earthly kings below, underscoring the universal scope of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
ר־ו־ם
“height, exaltation”
In context — Isaiah 24:21
And it will be in that day that the LORD will punish the host of the height in the height, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 24:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 24:21, so the Hebrew word הַמָּר֖וֹם (hammarom) 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.24.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.24.21.W7.S1) and character.