Genesis 14:6:5Gen.14.6.W5TAB
אֵ֣יל
el
“El”
- Transliteration
- EL
- Extended
- EEL
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- El
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EL
- phraseyour reading level
EL pa-RAN
- clause
AD EL pa-RAN a-SHER al-ha-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-et-ha-kho-RI be-har-RAM se-IR AD EL pa-RAN a-SHER al-ha-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The preposition ad {עַד | ʿaḏ} ‘up to’ sets the campaign’s boundary at eil paran {אֵיל פָּארָן | ʾêl pā-rān}, and the clause asher al ha-midbar {אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּדְבָּר | ʾă-šer ʿal-ham-mid-bār} ‘which is by the wilderness’ locates El Paran adjacent to the desert. Hebrew presents this information through a chain of prepositional and appositional phrases, which the English renders sequentially to preserve the geographic progression.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l
“god, mighty one”
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 14:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 14:6, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣יל (el) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.6.W5.S1) and character.