Genesis 14:12:3Gen.14.12.W3TAB
וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁ֛וֹ
veetrekhusho
“and his possessions”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-re-khu-SHO
- Extended
- veh-eht-reh-khoo-SHOH
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛt.rə.xu.ˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his possessions
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-re-khu-SHO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KHU et-LOT ve-et-re-khu-SHO
- clause
va-yik-KHU et-LOT ve-et-re-khu-SHO ben-a-KHI av-RAM va-ye-LE-khu
- sentence
va-yik-KHU et-LOT ve-et-re-khu-SHO ben-a-KHI av-RAM va-ye-LE-khu ve-HU yo-SHEV bis-DOM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-} introduces Lot {לוֹט | lôṭ} as the first object, followed by a coordinated second object ve’et rekhusho {וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁוֹ | wə-ʾeṯ rə·ḵu·šô} ‘and his possessions’, binding Lot and his property into a single complex object of the verb.
Root and etymology
r-k-š
“to acquire property”
In context — Genesis 14:12
And they took Lot and his possessions , the son of Abram’s brother, and they went away, for he was dwelling in Sodom .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 14:12, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁ֛וֹ (veetrekhusho) 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.14.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.12.W3.S1) and character.