Leviticus 14:28:16Lev.14.28.W16TAB
עַל־מְק֖וֹם
almekom
“in the place of”
- Transliteration
- al-me-KOM
- Extended
- ahl-meh-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʕal.məˈkoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the place of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
al-me-KOM
- clause
al-me-KOM DAM ha-a-SHAM
- sentence
ve-na-TAN ha-ko-HEN min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT al-me-KOM DAM ha-a-SHAM
Exegesis
The final phrase al mekom dam haasham {עַל־מְקוֹם דַּם הָאָשָׁם | ʿal mə-qōm dām hā-ʼā-šām} ‘upon the place of the blood of the guilt offering’ closes the sequence by linking anointing precisely to the spot of sacrificial blood, reflecting theological connections between purification and atonement.
In context — Leviticus 14:28
And the priest shall put from the oil that is in his palm upon the lobe of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the big toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:28:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 14:28, so the Hebrew word עַל־מְק֖וֹם (almekom) 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 Lev.14.28.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.28.W16.S1) and character.