Genesis 15:2:12Gen.15.2.W12TAB
דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק
damesek
“of Damascus”
- Transliteration
- da-ME-sek
- Extended
- dah-MEH-sehk
- IPA
- /damˈmɛ.sɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Damascus
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-ME-sek
- phraseyour reading level
da-ME-sek e-li-E-zer
- clause
u-ven-ME-shek BEI-ti HU da-ME-sek e-li-E-zer
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ma-ti-TEN-li ve-a-no-KHI ho-LEKH a-ri-RI u-ven-ME-shek BEI-ti HU da-ME-sek e-li-E-zer
Exegesis
The construct chain u-ven me-šeq bê-tî {וּבֶן־מֶשֶׁק בֵּיתִי | û-ven me-šeq bê-tî} expresses ‘heir of my household,’ and the copula hu {ה֖וּא | hû} links this to dam-me-śeq Eliezer {דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר | dam-me-śeq ʾĕ-lî-ʿe-zer}, identifying Eliezer. The formal reconstruction closely follows this sequence, while the dynamic rendering clarifies beiti as ‘household’ to emphasize the extended family context.
Root and etymology
mem-shin-qofmem–shin–qof
“possession, acquisition”
In context — Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, “Lord GOD , what will You give me, since I continue to go childless , and the heir of my household is Eliezer of Damascus?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 15:2, so the Hebrew word דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק (damesek) 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.15.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.2.W12.S1) and character.