Genesis 13:14:7Gen.13.14.W7TAB
שָׂ֣א
sa
“lift”
- Transliteration
- SA
- Extended
- SAA
- IPA
- /ˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lift
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
SA
- phraseyour reading level
SA NA ei-NE-kha
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba va-KED-ma va-YAM-ma
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the paired imperatives sa {שָׂא | sāʾ} ‘lift up’ and ure'eh {וּרְאֵה | ū-rəʾēh} ‘see’ form a two-stage directive: raise the gaze and then survey.
Root and etymology
n-ś-ʾnun–sin–aleph
“to lift, carry”
In context — Genesis 13:14
After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Please lift up your eyes and look out from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 13:14, so the Hebrew word שָׂ֣א (sa) 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.13.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.14.W7.S1) and character.