Jeremiah 19:12:2Jer.19.12.W2TAB
לַמָּק֥וֹם
lamakom
“to the place”
- Transliteration
- la-ma-KOM
- Extended
- lah-mah-KOHM
- IPA
- /lam.maːˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
la-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- clause
KEN-e-e-SE la-ma-KOM ha-ZE ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH u-le-yo-she-VAV
- sentence
KEN-e-e-SE la-ma-KOM ha-ZE ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH u-le-yo-she-VAV ve-la-TET ET-ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-TO-fet
Exegesis
The phrase la-māqôm hazzeh {לַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה | la-māqôm haz-zēh} specifies the spatial focus ‘to this place’.
Root and etymology
q-w-mqof–vav–mem
“standing place, site”
In context — Jeremiah 19:12
Thus I will do to this place, declares the LORD , and to its inhabitants , and I will make this city like Topheth.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 19:12, so the Hebrew word לַמָּק֥וֹם (lamakom) 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.19.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.12.W2.S1) and character.