Job 16:18:5Job.16.18.W5TAB
מָ֝ק֗וֹם
makom
“a place”
- Transliteration
- ma-KOM
- Extended
- maa-KOHM
- IPA
- /maːˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-al-ye-HI ma-KOM
- clause
ve-al-ye-HI ma-KOM le-za-a-ka-TI
- sentence
E-rets al-te-kha-SI da-MI ve-al-ye-HI ma-KOM le-za-a-ka-TI
Exegesis
The object dami {דָמִ֑י | dāmî} ‘my blood’ evokes legal imagery of shed blood that must not be hidden, and the parallel phrase māqôm ləzaʿăqātî {מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי | māqôm ləzaʿăqātî} ‘a place for my cry’ uses an abstract noun with a prepositional complement to depict a protest that must remain active and unresolved until vindication. English renders the jussive force with direct prohibitions (“do not…”) and a modal petition (“may…”) to preserve the urgency and parallelism without adding new agents or outcomes.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–vav–mem
“standing, rising”
In context — Job 16:18
Earth, do not cover my blood, and do not let there be a place for my cry.
About this coordinate
Job 16:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 16:18, so the Hebrew word מָ֝ק֗וֹם (makom) 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 Job.16.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.18.W5.S1) and character.