Numbers 14:40:8Num.14.40.W8TAB
אֶל־הַמָּק֛וֹם
elhamakom
“to the place”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-KOM
- Extended
- el-hah-mah-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʔelhaˈmaːkoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ma-KOM
- clause
hi-NE-nu ve-a-LEE-nu el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH kee kha-ta-NU
- sentence
va-yash-KEE-mu ba-BO-ker va-ya-a-LU el-ROSH-ha-HAR le-MOR hi-NE-nu ve-a-LEE-nu el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH kee kha-ta-NU
Exegesis
The relative clause ham-māqōm ʾašer-ʾāmar Yəhōwāh {הַמָּק֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אָמַר יְהוָה | ham-māqōm ʾašer-ʾāmar Yəhōwāh} ‘the place that the LORD said’ ties the intention to a prior divine promise, creating textual cohesion.
In context — Numbers 14:40
And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain to say, “Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the LORD has spoken about, for we have sinned .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:40:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:40, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמָּק֛וֹם (elhamakom) 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.14.40.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.40.W8.S1) and character.