Numbers 21:28:11Num.21.28.W11TAB
בָּמ֥וֹת
bamot
“the heights”
- Transliteration
- ba-MOT
- Extended
- baa-MOHT
- IPA
- /baːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heights
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
ba-MOT ar-NON
- clause
akh-LAH AR mo-AV ba-a-LEI ba-MOT ar-NON
- sentence
kee-ESH ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON le-ha-VAH mi-kir-YAT see-HON akh-LAH AR mo-AV ba-a-LEI ba-MOT ar-NON
Exegesis
The construct sequence baalei bamot arnon {בַּעֲלֵ֖י בָּמ֥וֹת אַרְנֹֽן | baʿălê bāmôt ʾărnôn} clarifies the genitive relationships. The translation preserves this parallelism and construct chain to convey both poetic emphasis and relational hierarchy.
Root and etymology
ב־מ־ה
“high place, elevation”
In context — Numbers 21:28
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab and the owners of the high places of Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 21:28, so the Hebrew word בָּמ֥וֹת (bamot) 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.21.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.28.W11.S1) and character.