Genesis 14:23:3Gen.14.23.W3TAB
שְׂרֽוֹךְ־נַ֔עַל
serokhnaal
“a sandal strap”
- Transliteration
- se-rokh-na-AL
- Extended
- seh-rohkh-nah-AHL
- IPA
- /sə.roːx.na.ˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sandal strap
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-rokh-na-AL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-AD se-rokh-na-AL
- clause
im-mi-KHUT ve-AD se-rokh-na-AL ve-im-e-KAKH mik-kol-a-sher-LAKH
- sentence
im-mi-KHUT ve-AD se-rokh-na-AL ve-im-e-KAKH mik-kol-a-sher-LAKH ve-LO to-MAR a-NI he-e-SHAR-ti et-av-RAM
Exegesis
The merism mi-chut ve-ad serokh-naal {מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרֽוֹךְ־נַ֔עַל | mik-ḥûṭ wə-ʿaḏ śərôḵ-naʿal} ‘from a thread to a sandal strap’ emphasizes refusal of even trivial loot.
Root and etymology
“sandal”
In context — Genesis 14:23
I will not take anything that is yours—not even a thread or a sandal strap—so that you will not be able to say, “I have made Abram rich .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 14:23, so the Hebrew word שְׂרֽוֹךְ־נַ֔עַל (serokhnaal) 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.14.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.23.W3.S1) and character.