Numbers 19:9:10Num.19.9.W10TAB

בְּמָק֣וֹם

bemakom

in a place

Transliteration
be-ma-KOM
Extended
beh-mah-KOHM
IPA
/bəmaˈkoːm/

Meaning by language

English
in a place

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + מָ + ק֣וֹם
be + ma + kom
bemakom

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    be-ma-KOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-ma-KOM ta-HOR

  3. clause

    ve-a-SAF ISH ta-HOR ET E-fer ha-pa-RA ve-hi-NI-akh mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH be-ma-KOM ta-HOR

  4. sentence

    ve-a-SAF ISH ta-HOR ET E-fer ha-pa-RA ve-hi-NI-akh mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH be-ma-KOM ta-HOR ve-ha-ye-TAH la-a-DAT be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL le-mish-MER-et le-MEI ni-DAH khat-TAT HOO

Exegesis

The coordinating verb vehini’ach {וְהִנִּיחַ | wə·hin·nî·aḥ} ‘and he shall deposit’ governs the locatives miḥutz la-maḥaneh {מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה | mi·ḥūṣ la·maḥ·ḥă·neh} ‘outside the camp’ and be-maqom ṭahôr {בְּמָקוֹם טָהוֹר | bə·mā·qôm ṭāhôr} ‘in a clean place’.

In contextNumbers 19:9

And a man who is clean shall gather the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the sons of Israel as a reserve for water of impurity, a sin-offering .

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 19:9, so the Hebrew word בְּמָק֣וֹם (bemakom) 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.19.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.9.W10.S1) and character.