Numbers 24:11:3Num.24.11.W3TAB
אֶל־מְקוֹמֶ֑ךָ
elmekomekha
“to your place”
- Transliteration
- el-me-ko-MEKHA
- Extended
- el-meh-koh-MEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.məqoˈmeːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-me-ko-MEKHA
- phraseyour reading level
be-RAKH-le-KHA el-me-ko-MEKHA
- clause
ve-a-TAH be-RAKH-le-KHA el-me-ko-MEKHA
- sentence
ve-a-TAH be-RAKH-le-KHA el-me-ko-MEKHA a-MAR-ti ka-BED a-kha-bed-KHA ve-hi-NEH me-na-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH mi-ka-VOD
Exegesis
The command berach-lekha {בְּרַח־לְךָ | bə-rāḥ-lə-ḵā} ‘flee for yourself’, followed by the locative phrase el-meqomekha {אֶל־מְקוֹמֶ֑ךָ | ʾel-mə-qō-me-ḵā} ‘to your place’, exemplifies the Hebrew imperative plus prepositional sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-l
“mighty”
In context — Numbers 24:11
And now, flee for yourself to your place! I said, “I will surely honor you.” But behold, the LORD has prevented you from honor.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 24:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מְקוֹמֶ֑ךָ (elmekomekha) 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.24.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.11.W3.S1) and character.