Numbers 21:3:12Num.21.3.W12TAB

חָרְמָֽה׃

khormah

Hormah

Transliteration
khor-MAH
Extended
khor-MAH
IPA
/ħorˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
Hormah

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Result
חָרְ + מָֽה׃
khor + mah
khormah

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    khor-MAH

  2. clause

    va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM khor-MAH

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.