Genesis 15:10:12Gen.15.10.W12TAB
בָתָֽר׃
vatar
“cut apart”
- Transliteration
- va-TAR
- Extended
- vah-TAAR
- IPA
- /vaːˈθaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- cut apart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TAR
- phraseyour reading level
LO va-TAR
- 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.
Root and etymology
b-t-r
“to cut, divide”
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 15:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 15:10, so the Hebrew word בָתָֽר׃ (vatar) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.10.W12.S1) and character.