Genesis 15:10:10Gen.15.10.W10TAB
וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖ר
veethatsipor
“and the bird”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-tsi-POR
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-tsih-POHR
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛθ.hat.tsiˈpoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the bird
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-tsi-POR
- clause
ve-et-ha-tsi-POR LO va-TAR
- sentence
va-yik-kakh-LO et-kol-EL-leh va-ye-vat-TER o-TAM bat-TA-vekh va-yit-TEN ish-bit-RO lik-ra-AT re-E-hu ve-et-ha-tsi-POR LO va-TAR
Exegesis
The fronting of the direct object in ve-et hatsippor lo vatar {וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר | wə-ʾeṯ haṣ-ṣip-pôr lōʾ bā-ṯar} creates contrast, indicating that the bird remains undivided.
In context — Genesis 15:10
And he took all these and divided them in the middle, and he placed each part opposite its companion , but he did not divide the bird.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 15:10, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖ר (veethatsipor) 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.15.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.10.W10.S1) and character.