Genesis 12:6:5Gen.12.6.W5PAT
מְק֣וֹם
mekom
“place of”
- Transliteration
- me-KOM
- Extended
- meh-KOHM
- IPA
- /mə.ˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- place of
- French
- lieu de
- Spanish
- lugar de
- Portuguese
- lugar de
- German
- Ort von
- Russian
- места
- Arabic-Simplified
- مكان
- Hindi
- स्थान
- Chinese-Simplified
- 地方
- Korean
- 장소
- Indonesian
- tempat
- Bengali
- স্থান
- Tagalog
- lugar ng
- Swahili
- mahali pa
- Amharic
- ቦታ
- Yoruba
- ibi ti
- Igbo
- ebe nke
- Twi
- bea
- Ewe
- teƒe si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
me-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
me-KOM she-KHEM
- clause
va-ya-a-VOR av-RAM ba-A-rets AD me-KOM she-KHEM AD e-LON mo-RE
- sentence
va-ya-a-VOR av-RAM ba-A-rets AD me-KOM she-KHEM AD e-LON mo-RE ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI AZ ba-A-rets
In context — Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the land as far as the place of Shechem as far as the oak of Moreh at that time and the Canaanite was in the land
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 12:6, so the Hebrew word מְק֣וֹם (mekom) 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 Gen.12.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.6.W5.S1) and character.