Genesis 15:10:7Gen.15.10.W7TAB
אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ
ishbitro
“each half of it”
- Transliteration
- ish-bit-RO
- Extended
- eesh-biht-ROH
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ.biθ.ˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- each half of it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-bit-RO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-TEN ish-bit-RO
- clause
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
- 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 distributive expression ish bitro {אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ | ʾîš biṯ-rô} “each one his piece” emphasizes individual halves.
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 15:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 15:10, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ (ishbitro) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.10.W7.S1) and character.