Numbers 21:3:12Num.21.3.W12TAB
חָרְמָֽה׃
khormah
“Hormah”
- Transliteration
- khor-MAH
- Extended
- khor-MAH
- IPA
- /ħorˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hormah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
khor-MAH
- 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
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 21:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 21:3, so the Hebrew word חָרְמָֽה׃ (khormah) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.3.W12.S1) and character.