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

Result
בְּ + קָ + מ֣וֹת
be + ka + mot
bekamot

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-ka-MOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM

  3. clause

    va-ya-VER-ESH ba-la-pi-DIM va-ye-sha-LAKH be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM

  4. 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 contextJudges 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.