Judges 15:5:4Judg.15.5.W4TAB
בְּקָמ֣וֹת
bekamot
“into the standing grain of”
- Transliteration
- be-ka-MOT
- Extended
- beh-kaa-MOHT
- IPA
- /bəqaˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the standing grain of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-ka-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-ya-VER-ESH ba-la-pi-DIM va-ye-sha-LAKH be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-ya-VER-ESH ba-la-pi-DIM va-ye-sha-LAKH be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM va-ya-VER mi-ga-DISH ve-AD-ka-MA ve-AD-KE-rem ZA-yit
Exegesis
Next, wayyišallaḥ {וַיְשַׁלַּח | wayyišallaḥ} ‘and he sent’ governs bə-qāmōt pəlištîm {בְּקָמוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים | bə-qāmōt pəlištîm} ‘in the standing grain of the Philistines’, introducing the initial burning.
In context — Judges 15:5
He lit the torches, then sent them into the Philistines’ standing grain, and he burned both the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:5, so the Hebrew word בְּקָמ֣וֹת (bekamot) 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 Judg.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.5.W4.S1) and character.