Judges 20:36:7Judg.20.36.W7TAB
מָקוֹם֙
makom
“a place”
- Transliteration
- ma-KOM
- Extended
- maa-KOHM
- IPA
- /mɔːˈqoːm/
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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Word in context
- word
ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM
- clause
va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A
- sentence
va-yir-U be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN KI nig-GA-fu va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A
Exegesis
In the second clause, ish-yisrael maqom {אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל מָקוֹם֙ | ’îš-yisrā’ēl māqôm} functions idiomatically as “yielding ground.”
Root and etymology
ק־ו־ם
“place, standing”
In context — Judges 20:36
And the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck down, and the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin because they trusted in the ambush that they had set at Gibeah .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:36:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:36, so the Hebrew word מָקוֹם֙ (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 Judg.20.36.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.36.W7.S1) and character.