Numbers 23:13:6Num.23.13.W6TAB
אֶל־מָק֤וֹם
elmakom
“to a place”
- Transliteration
- el-ma-KOM
- Extended
- el-maa-KOHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.maˈkoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ma-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
el-ma-KOM a-KHER
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV ba-LAK lekh-le-KHA-NA it-TI el-ma-KOM a-KHER a-SHER tir-e-NU mi-SHAM E-fes ka-TSE-hu tir-EH ve-khul-LO LO tir-EH
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV ba-LAK lekh-le-KHA-NA it-TI el-ma-KOM a-KHER a-SHER tir-e-NU mi-SHAM E-fes ka-TSE-hu tir-EH ve-khul-LO LO tir-EH ve-kov-NO-li mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The construct makom akher {מָק֤וֹם אַחֵר | māqôm ʾaḥēr} ‘another place’, followed by the relative clause asher tirenu misham {אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְאֶ֣נּוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם | ʾăšer tirʼēnû miššām} ‘where you will see it from there’, establishes a limited vantage.
Root and etymology
q-w-mqof-vav-mem
“standing place”
In context — Numbers 23:13
And Balak said to him, “Go, please, with me to another place , where you will see it from there. Only its edge you will see; you will not see all of it. And curse it for me from there.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מָק֤וֹם (elmakom) 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.23.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.13.W6.S1) and character.