Numbers 23:27:6Num.23.27.W6TAB
אֶל־מָק֖וֹם
elmakom
“to a place”
- Transliteration
- el-ma-KOM
- Extended
- ehl-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
- clause
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM le-KHA-NA ek-ka-kha el-ma-KOM a-KHER
- sentence
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM le-KHA-NA ek-ka-kha el-ma-KOM a-KHER u-LAI yi-shar be-ey-NEI ha-e-lo-HIM ve-ka-BO-to li mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The spatial expression el-makom acher {אֶל־מָקוֹם אַחֵר | ʾel-mā-qōm ʾa-ḥēr} ‘to another place’ shifts the setting.
Root and etymology
k-w-mqof–vav–mem
“to stand, arise”
In context — Numbers 23:27
And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will be right in the eyes of God for you to curse them for me from there.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:27, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מָק֖וֹם (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.23.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.27.W6.S1) and character.