Genesis 15:11:3Gen.15.11.W3TAB
עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים
alhapegarim
“upon the carcasses”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-pe-ga-RIM
- Extended
- ahl-hah-peh-gah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.hap.pə.ɣaː.ˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the carcasses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-pe-ga-RIM
- clause
va-YE-red ha-A-yit al-ha-pe-ga-RIM
- sentence
va-YE-red ha-A-yit al-ha-pe-ga-RIM va-yash-SHEV o-TAM av-RAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal-hapgarim {עַל־הַפְּגָרִים | ʿal-hap-pə-gā-rîm} ‘upon the carcasses’ specifies the sacrificial remains.
Root and etymology
p-g-r
“carcass”
In context — Genesis 15:11
Then birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 15:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים (alhapegarim) 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.15.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.11.W3.S1) and character.