Genesis 39:20:8Gen.39.20.W8PAT

מְק֕וֹם

mekom

place

Transliteration
me-KOM
Extended
meh-KOHM
IPA
/mə.ˈqoːm/

Meaning by language

English
place
French
lieu
Spanish
lugar
Portuguese
lugar
German
Ort
Russian
место
Arabic-Simplified
مَكَان
Hindi
स्थान
Chinese-Simplified
地方
Korean
장소
Indonesian
tempat
Bengali
স্থান
Tagalog
lugar
Swahili
mahali
Amharic
ስፍራ
Yoruba
ibi
Igbo
ebe
Twi
bea

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + ק֕וֹם
me + kom
mekom

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-KOM

  2. clause

    va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-SHER-a-su-REI a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-SHER-a-su-REI a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM va-ye-HI-SHAM be-VEIT ha-SO-har

In contextGenesis 39:20

and took master of Joseph him and put him to the house of the prison place where the confined of prisoners of the king were bound and he was there in the house of the prison

About this coordinate

Genesis 39:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 39:20, so the Hebrew word מְק֕וֹם (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.39.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.20.W8.S1) and character.