Genesis 14:7:5Gen.14.7.W5TAB
הִ֣וא
hi
“that is”
- Transliteration
- HI
- Extended
- HEE
- IPA
- /ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
HI
- phraseyour reading level
HI ka-DESH
- clause
va-ya-shu-VU va-ya-VO-u el-EIN mish-PAT HI ka-DESH va-yak-KU et-kol-se-DE ha-a-ma-le-KI
- sentence
va-ya-shu-VU va-ya-VO-u el-EIN mish-PAT HI ka-DESH va-yak-KU et-kol-se-DE ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-GAM et-ha-e-mo-RI ha-yo-SHEV be-khats-TSON ta-MAR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-ʿein mišpat {אֶל־עֵין מִשְׁפָּט | ʾel-ʿên mišpāṭ} ‘to the spring of judgment’ identifies the destination, immediately followed by an appositional clause hi qadesh {הִוא קָדֵשׁ | hîʾ qāḏēš} ‘it is Kadesh,’ where the independent pronoun hîʾ functions as a copular marker of identification between the local names.
Root and etymology
h-w-ʾ
“to be (for personal reference)”
In context — Genesis 14:7
And they returned and came to the spring of judgment, that is Kadesh, and they struck all the territory of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who was dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 14:7, so the Hebrew word הִ֣וא (hi) 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.14.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.7.W5.S1) and character.