Numbers 21:3:11Num.21.3.W11TAB
שֵׁם־הַמָּק֖וֹם
shemhammakom
“the name of the place”
- Transliteration
- shem-ham-ma-KOM
- Extended
- SHEEM-hahm-ma-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʃeːm.ham.maˈkoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of the place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
shem-ham-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM
- clause
va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM khor-MAH
- sentence
va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN et-hak-ke-na-a-NEE va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM ve-et-a-re-HEM va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM khor-MAH
Exegesis
The final vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֥א | wayyiqrāʾ} plus shem-hamakom {שֵׁם־הַמָּק֖וֹם | šēm-hammāqôm} follows the Hebrew etiological pattern of naming places after significant events, maintaining the sequence of divine response, action, and commemoration.
In context — Numbers 21:3
And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and He gave the Canaanite into their hand; and He utterly destroyed them and their cities; and He called the place Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 21:3, so the Hebrew word שֵׁם־הַמָּק֖וֹם (shemhammakom) 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.21.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.3.W11.S1) and character.