Genesis 14:4:6Gen.14.4.W6TAB
וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה
usheloshesre
“and thirteen”
- Transliteration
- u-she-losh-es-RE
- Extended
- oo-sheh-lohsh-ehs-REH
- IPA
- /u.ʃə.loːʃ.ʕɛs.ˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and thirteen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-losh-es-RE
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-losh-es-RE sha-NA
- clause
u-she-losh-es-RE sha-NA ma-ra-DU
- sentence
she-TEIM es-RE sha-NA ov-DU et-ke-dar-la-O-mer u-she-losh-es-RE sha-NA ma-ra-DU
Exegesis
The coordinated waw in ûshlosh-esreh shanah {וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה | û-šəlōš-ʿeś-rêh šā-nāh}, “but in the thirteenth year,” signals a contrastive temporal clause.
Root and etymology
“to become rich”
In context — Genesis 14:4
For twelve years they were subject to Kedorlaomer , but in the thirteenth year they rebelled .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 14:4, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה (usheloshesre) 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.14.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.4.W6.S1) and character.