Genesis 10:21:3Gen.10.21.W3TAB
גַּם־ה֑וּא
gamhu
“he also”
- Transliteration
- gam-HU
- Extended
- gahm-HOO
- IPA
- /gam.ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he also
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gam-HU
- clause
u-le-SHEM yu-LAD gam-HU
- sentence
u-le-SHEM yu-LAD gam-HU a-VI kol-be-nei-E-ver a-KHI YE-fet ha-ga-DOL
Exegesis
The fused adverb-pronoun gam-hu {גַּם־ה֑וּא | gam-hû} ‘also he’ conveys emphatic addition, indicating that Shem too received offspring.
In context — Genesis 10:21
To Shem also, children were born; he was the father of all the sons of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth.
About this coordinate
Genesis 10:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 10:21, so the Hebrew word גַּם־ה֑וּא (gamhu) 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.10.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.21.W3.S1) and character.