Genesis 14:15:7Gen.14.15.W7TAB
וֽ͏ַיִּרְדְּפֵם֙
vayirdefem
“{And} he pursued them”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-de-FEM
- Extended
- vah-yir-deh-FEHM
- IPA
- /vaj.jir.dəˈfeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he pursued them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-de-FEM
- clause
va-yir-de-FEM ad-kho-VA a-SHER mis-se-MOL le-dam-ma-SEK
- sentence
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM va-yir-de-FEM ad-kho-VA a-SHER mis-se-MOL le-dam-ma-SEK
Exegesis
The subsequent verbs vayakem {וַיַּכֵּם | way-yak-kēm} ‘and he struck them’ and vayirdfem {וֽ͏ַיִּרְדְּפֵם | way-yir-də-p̄ēm} ‘and he pursued them’ continue the wayyiqtol chain, narrating decisive defeat followed by extended pursuit.
In context — Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants , and he struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah , which is to the north of Damascus.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 14:15, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיִּרְדְּפֵם֙ (vayirdefem) 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.14.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.15.W7.S1) and character.