Genesis 14:24:6Gen.14.24.W6TAB
וְחֵ֙לֶק֙
vekhelek
“and the share of the”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHE-lek
- Extended
- veh-KHEH-lek
- IPA
- /vəˈħeː.lɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the share of the
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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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
ve-KHE-lek
- clause
bi-le-a-DAI RAK a-SHER a-khe-LU ha-ne-a-RIM ve-KHE-lek ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER ha-le-KHU it-TI
- sentence
bi-le-a-DAI RAK a-SHER a-khe-LU ha-ne-a-RIM ve-KHE-lek ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER ha-le-KHU it-TI a-NER esh-KOL u-mam-RE HEM yi-ke-KHU khel-KAM
Exegesis
Second, the coordinated phrase ve-chelek ha-anashim asher hal'khu itti {וְחֵלֶק הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ אִתִּי | wə-ḥē-leq hā-ʾă-nā-šîm ʾă-šer hāl-ə-ḵû ʾit-tî} is a construct-like relationship, “the share of the men who went with me,” in which the relative clause specifies which men are in view.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-q
“to divide, apportion”
In context — Genesis 14:24
As for me, only what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me—Aner, Eshkol, and Mamre—let them take their portion.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 14:24, so the Hebrew word וְחֵ֙לֶק֙ (vekhelek) 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.14.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.24.W6.S1) and character.