Genesis 13:11:12Gen.13.11.W12TAB
אָחִֽיו׃
akhiv
“his brother”
- Transliteration
- a-KHIV
- Extended
- ah-KHEEV
- IPA
- /ʔaː.ˈħiːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his brother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-KHIV
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL a-KHIV
- clause
va-yip-par-DU ISH me-AL a-KHIV
- sentence
va-yiv-khar-LO LOT ET kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN va-yis-SA LOT mi-KE-dem va-yip-par-DU ISH me-AL a-KHIV
Exegesis
The phrase ish me’al achiv {אִ֖ישׁ מֵעַ֥ל אָחִֽיו | ʾîš mē-ʿal ʾā-ḥîw} ‘each man from his brother’ uses the distributive noun ish and preposition me’al to convey relational rupture. English simple past verbs maintain the sequential flow and highlight intentional actions and directional movement.
In context — Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated , each man from his brother.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 13:11, so the Hebrew word אָחִֽיו׃ (akhiv) 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.13.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.11.W12.S1) and character.