Genesis 13:10:8Gen.13.10.W8TAB
מַשְׁקֶ֑ה
mashekeh
“was well-watered”
- Transliteration
- ma-she-KEH
- Extended
- mah-sheh-KEH
- IPA
- /maʃ.ˈqɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- was well-watered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ma-she-KEH
- clause
va-yis-sa-LOT et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN KI khu-LAH ma-she-KEH
- sentence
va-yis-sa-LOT et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN KI khu-LAH ma-she-KEH li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RAH ke-gan-ye-ho-VAH ke-E-rets mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA tso-AR
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces kulah mashkeh {כֻלָּהּ מַשְׁקֶה | kul-lāh maš-qeh} ‘all of it was well-watered’, with the Hifil participle functioning as a descriptive state.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–qoph–heh
“to irrigate”
In context — Genesis 13:10
Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan; it was lush throughout before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 13:10, so the Hebrew word מַשְׁקֶ֑ה (mashekeh) 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.13.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.10.W8.S1) and character.