Genesis 40:3:9Gen.40.3.W9PAT
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
- beaeɛ
- Ewe
- teƒe
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
- clause
me-KOM a-SHER yo-SEF a-SUR SHAM
- sentence
va-yit-TEN o-TAM be-mish-MAR BEIT SAR ha-tab-ba-KHIM el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-SHER yo-SEF a-SUR SHAM
In context — Genesis 40:3
he put them in custody the house of the chief of the slaughterers to the house of the prison place where Joseph confined there
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 40:3, 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.40.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.3.W9.S1) and character.