Genesis 14:6:1Gen.14.6.W1TAB
וְאֶת־הַחֹרִ֖י
veethakhori
“and the Horites”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-kho-RI
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-khoh-REE
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛt.ha.ħo.ˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Horites
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-kho-RI
- clause
ve-et-ha-kho-RI be-har-RAM se-IR
- sentence
ve-et-ha-kho-RI be-har-RAM se-IR AD EL pa-RAN a-SHER al-ha-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The verse continues the military narrative by adding a new object, introduced by the direct-object-marker ve'et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ} attached to the prior verb.
The term ha-chori {הַחֹרִי | ha-ḥō-rî} is governed by beharram {בְּהַרְרָם | bə-har-rām} ‘in their hill country,’ specifying the domain of the Horites, with seir {שֵׂעִיר | śē-ʿîr} identifying those highlands in apposition.
Root and etymology
Rooth-w-r
“to bore, hollow out”
In context — Genesis 14:6
And they struck the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 14:6, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַחֹרִ֖י (veethakhori) 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.14.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.6.W1.S1) and character.