Genesis 15:18:16Gen.15.18.W16TAB
נְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃
neharperat
“river Euphrates”
- Transliteration
- ne-har-pe-RAT
- Extended
- neh-hahr-peh-RAAT
- IPA
- /nə.har.pə.ˈraːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- river Euphrates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-har-pe-RAT
- clause
le-zar-a-KHA na-TAT-ti et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT min-ne-HAR mits-RAI-yim ad-ha-na-HAR ha-ga-DOL ne-har-pe-RAT
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU ka-RAT Ye-ho-VAH et-av-RAM be-RIT le-MOR le-zar-a-KHA na-TAT-ti et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT min-ne-HAR mits-RAI-yim ad-ha-na-HAR ha-ga-DOL ne-har-pe-RAT
Exegesis
The object phrase et-haarets hazot {אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | ʾet-hā-ʾā-reṣ haz-zōṯ} ‘this land’ is then delimited geographically by a pair of prepositional phrases: min-nahar Mitsrayim {מִנְּהַר מִצְרַיִם | min-nehar miṣ-rayim} ‘from the river of Egypt’ and ʿad-hanahar hagadol nehar Perat {עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָת | ʿad-han-nā-hār hag-gā-ḏōl nə-har-pə-rāṯ} ‘up to the great river, the river Euphrates’.
In context — Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt up to the great river, the river Euphrates.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:18:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 15:18, so the Hebrew word נְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃ (neharperat) 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.15.18.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.18.W16.S1) and character.