Numbers 21:29:4Num.21.29.W4TAB
עַם־כְּמ֑וֹשׁ
amkemosh
“people of Chemosh”
- Transliteration
- am-ke-MOSH
- Extended
- am-keh-MOHSH
- IPA
- /ʕam.kəˈmoːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- people of Chemosh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
am-ke-MOSH
- clause
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH
- sentence
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
Exegesis
The construct chain am-kemosh {עַם־כְּמוֹשׁ | ʿam-kə-mōš} ‘people-of-Chemosh’ emphasizes national religious identity.
Root and etymology
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh ; he has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 21:29, so the Hebrew word עַם־כְּמ֑וֹשׁ (amkemosh) 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.21.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.29.W4.S1) and character.