Numbers 14:45:9Num.14.45.W9TAB
עַד־הַֽחָרְמָֽה׃
adhakhormah
“as far as Hormah”
- Transliteration
- ad-ha-khor-MAH
- Extended
- ahd-hah-khor-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʕad.haˈħaːrmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as far as Hormah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-ha-khor-MAH
- clause
va-ya-KUM va-ya-ke-TUM ad-ha-khor-MAH
- sentence
va-ye-RED ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV ba-HAR ha-HU va-ya-KUM va-ya-ke-TUM ad-ha-khor-MAH
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrase ad-hakhormah {עַד־הַֽחָרְמָֽה׃ | ʿadd-hārəmāh} ‘until Hormah’ delineates the full extent of the pursuit, underscoring the methodical advance of the attackers.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–mem
“devote to destruction, ban”
In context — Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who lived in that mountain , came down and struck them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:45:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:45, so the Hebrew word עַד־הַֽחָרְמָֽה׃ (adhakhormah) 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.14.45.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.45.W9.S1) and character.