Genesis 15:13:12Gen.15.13.W12TAB
וְעִנּ֣וּ
veinu
“{And} they will afflict”
- Transliteration
- ve-i-NU
- Extended
- veh-ih-NOO
- IPA
- /wə.ʕinˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they will afflict
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-i-NU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-i-NU o-TAM
- clause
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM a-re-BA me-OT sha-NA
Exegesis
The sequential wayyiqtol forms vaavadum {וַעֲבָד֖וּם | wa-ʿă-ḇā-ḏūm} and ve-inu {וְעִנּ֣וּ | wə-ʿin-nū} predict service and affliction, with otam {אֹתָ֑ם | ʾō-tām} marking ‘them’ as direct object.
In context — Genesis 15:13
And He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 15:13, so the Hebrew word וְעִנּ֣וּ (veinu) 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.15.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.13.W12.S1) and character.