Judges 19:16:14Judg.19.16.W14TAB
הַמָּק֖וֹם
hamakom
“the place”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- hah-maa-KOHM
- IPA
- /ham.maːˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM
- clause
ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
- sentence
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
Exegesis
Finally, the coordinate clause ve-anshei hamakom bnei Yemini {וְאַנְשֵׁי הַמָּקוֹם בְּנֵי יְמִינִי | wə-ʾan-šê ham-mā-qōm bə-nê ye-mi-nî} identifies the local inhabitants as ‘sons of Benjamin’. The verse’s chain of coordinated clauses creates a cumulative narrative progression.
Root and etymology
q-w-m
“place”
In context — Judges 19:16
And behold, an old man came from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 19:16, so the Hebrew word הַמָּק֖וֹם (hamakom) 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.19.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.16.W14.S1) and character.