Genesis 14:10:1Gen.14.10.W1TAB
וְעֵ֣מֶק
veemek
“and the valley of”
- Transliteration
- ve-E-mek
- Extended
- veh-EH-mehk
- IPA
- /wə.ˈʕeː.mɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the valley of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
ve-E-mek
- phraseyour reading level
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM
- clause
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM be-e-ROT be-e-ROT khe-MAR va-ya-NU-su me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA va-yip-lu-SHA-ma
- sentence
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM be-e-ROT be-e-ROT khe-MAR va-ya-NU-su me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA va-yip-lu-SHA-ma ve-ha-nish-a-REEM HE-ra na-SU
Exegesis
veemek {וְעֵ֣מֶק | wə-ʿē-meq} ‘and valley’ introduces the geographic setting and links this clause to the preceding battle account.
Root and etymology
ע־מ־ק
“to be deep”
In context — Genesis 14:10
Now the valley of Siddim had many pits of bitumen; when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell in there, and the rest fled to the hill country.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 14:10, so the Hebrew word וְעֵ֣מֶק (veemek) 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.14.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.10.W1.S1) and character.