Genesis 15:17:8Gen.15.17.W8TAB
עָשָׁן֙
ashan
“smoke”
- Transliteration
- a-SHAN
- Extended
- ah-SHAAN
- IPA
- /ʕaː.ˈʃaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- smoke
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-SHAN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN
- clause
ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh
- sentence
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-a va-a-la-TA ha-YA ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh
Exegesis
The coordinated noun phrases tanur ashan {תַנּוּר עָשָׁן | tan·nûr ʿā·šān} ‘furnace of smoke’ and velapid esh {וְלַפִּיד אֵשׁ | wə·lap·pîḏ ʾēš} ‘torch of fire’ form a compound subject for the verb avar {עָבַר | ʿā·ḇar} ‘passed’. The construct relationships (ashan ‘smoke’, esh ‘fire’) depict the theophanic imagery as composed of smoke and flame, evoking awe and mystery.
In context — Genesis 15:17
And it came to pass, when the sun had gone down and darkness was, that behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 15:17, so the Hebrew word עָשָׁן֙ (ashan) 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.15.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.17.W8.S1) and character.