Genesis 14:21:6Gen.14.21.W6TAB
וְהָרְכֻ֖שׁ
veharekhush
“{And} the goods”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-re-KHUSH
- Extended
- veh-hah-reh-KHOOSH
- IPA
- /wə.haː.rə.ˈxuʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} the goods
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-re-KHUSH
- clause
ten-LI ha-NE-fesh ve-ha-re-KHUSH kakh-LAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer me-lekh-se-DOM el-av-RAM ten-LI ha-NE-fesh ve-ha-re-KHUSH kakh-LAKH
Exegesis
The second imperative kakh takes the object veharekhush {וְהָרְכֻשׁ | wəhārəḵuš} ‘and the possessions’, encompassing the material spoils. The parallel structure “Give to me the persons / and the possessions take for yourself” places people first for rhetorical emphasis, distinguishing between human lives and goods. English formal and dynamic renderings preserve the two coordinated commands and reflect the implicit contrast between human and material assets by consistently translating hanefesh as “people” and rekhush as “possessions/wealth.”
Root and etymology
r-k-sh
“to acquire, accumulate property”
In context — Genesis 14:21
And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people , and take the possessions for yourself.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 14:21, so the Hebrew word וְהָרְכֻ֖שׁ (veharekhush) 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.14.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.21.W6.S1) and character.