Numbers 13:24:1Num.13.24.W1TAB

לַמָּק֣וֹם

lamakom

to the place

Transliteration
la-ma-KOM
Extended
lah-mah-KOHM
IPA
/lam.maˈkoːm/

Meaning by language

English
to the place

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַ + מָּ + ק֣וֹם
la + ma + kom
lamakom

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-ma-KOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-ma-KOM ha-HU

  3. clause

    la-ma-KOM ha-HU ka-RA NA-khal esh-KOL

  4. sentence

    la-ma-KOM ha-HU ka-RA NA-khal esh-KOL al o-DOT ha-esh-KOL a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM be-NEI yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The Hebrew locative expression lamakom {לַמָּקוֹם | lă-mā-qōm} ‘to the place’ with the demonstrative hahu {הַה֔וּא | hă-hūʾ} ‘that’ establishes the spatial referent for the naming action.

In contextNumbers 13:24

That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut off from there.

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:24, so the Hebrew word לַמָּק֣וֹם (lamakom) 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 Num.13.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.24.W1.S1) and character.