Genesis 14:3:3Gen.14.3.W3TAB
אֶל־עֵ֖מֶק
elemek
“to the valley of”
- Transliteration
- el-E-mek
- Extended
- ehl-EH-mehk
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʕeː.mɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the valley of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
el-E-mek
- clause
kol-EL-leh kha-ve-RU el-E-mek ha-si-DIM
- sentence
kol-EL-leh kha-ve-RU el-E-mek ha-si-DIM HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el emek ha-sidim {אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים | ʾel ʿē-meq ha-śid-dîm} specifies the goal of this joining, with emek {עֵמֶק | ʿē-meq} ‘valley’ as the head noun and ha-sidim {הַשִּׂדִּים | ha-śid-dîm} as the place-name in apposition, together forming a definite location.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-q
“to be deep”
In context — Genesis 14:3
All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim—it is the Salt Sea .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:3:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 14:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עֵ֖מֶק (elemek) 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.14.3.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.3.W3.S1) and character.