Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 4:14
“And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
H4725 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
- Derivation
- or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from H6965 (קוּם);
- KJV renderings
- country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).
- Grammar
- בִּ — preposition
- מְק֗וֹם — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 401 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:9Genesis 12:6Genesis 13:3Genesis 13:4Genesis 13:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָקוֹם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.