Jeremiah 16:2:8Jer.16.2.W8TAB
בַּמָּק֖וֹם
bamakom
“in the place”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-KOM
- Extended
- bah-mah-KOHM
- IPA
- /bam.maːˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ma-KOM
- clause
ve-lo-yih-YU le-KHA ba-NIM u-va-NOT ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
lo-ti-KAKH le-KHA i-SHA ve-lo-yih-YU le-KHA ba-NIM u-va-NOT ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The locative expression bammāqōm hazzeh {בַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה | ba-māqōm hazzeh} ‘in this place’ situates the prohibition. Hebrew’s asyndetic stacking of negatives heightens the severity, rendered in English by parallel prohibitive clauses.
Root and etymology
q-w-m
“place, standing”
In context — Jeremiah 16:2
You shall not take for yourself a wife , and you shall not have sons or daughters in this place .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 16:2, so the Hebrew word בַּמָּק֖וֹם (bamakom) 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 Jer.16.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.2.W8.S1) and character.