לְגֶ֔פֶן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְגֶ֔פֶן

   le-GE-fen

   into a vine
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתְּהִ֣י לְגֶ֔פֶן

   vat-te-HI le-GE-fen

   and it became into a vine
3. clause🔊 וַתְּהִ֣י לְגֶ֔פֶן וַתַּ֣עַשׂ בַּדִּ֔ים וַתְּשַׁלַּ֖ח פֹּארֽוֹת׃

   vat-te-HI le-GE-fen vat-ta-AS ba-DIM vat-te-shal-LAKH po-ROT

   and it became into a vine and it made branches and it sent out boughs
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּצְמַ֡ח וַיְהִי֩ לְגֶ֨פֶן סֹרַ֜חַת שִׁפְלַ֣ת קוֹמָ֗ה לִפְנ֤וֹת דָּלִיּוֹתָיו֙ אֵלָ֔יו וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו תַּחְתָּ֣יו יִֽהְי֑וּ וַתְּהִ֣י לְגֶ֔פֶן וַתַּ֣עַשׂ בַּדִּ֔ים וַתְּשַׁלַּ֖ח פֹּארֽוֹת׃

   va-yits-MAKH va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT shif-LAT ko-MA lif-NOT da-li-yo-TAV e-LAV ve-sha-ra-SHAV takh-TAV yih-YU vat-te-HI le-GE-fen vat-ta-AS ba-DIM vat-te-shal-LAKH po-ROT

   and it sprouted and it became into a vine spreading low of stature to turn its branches toward him and its roots under him they were and it became into a vine and it made branches and it sent out boughs

Exegesis

The infinitive construct plus participle le-gefen sorakhat {לְגֶ֨פֶן סֹרַ֜חַת | lə-ge-fen sorakh-khat} conveys a resulting state “a vine spreading,” while the construct chain shiflat komah {שִׁפְלַ֣ת קוֹמָ֗ה | shif-lat kô-mâ} attributes “low stature.”

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ג־פ־ןgimel–pe–nun

“vine”

• 🔊 גֶּפֶן שׁוֹרֵקgeffen soreqchoice vineIsaiah 5:2