Genesis 15:2:8Gen.15.2.W8TAB
עֲרִירִ֑י
ariri
“childless”
- Transliteration
- a-ri-RI
- Extended
- ah-ree-REE
- IPA
- /ʕă.riːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- childless
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ri-RI
- phraseyour reading level
ho-LEKH a-ri-RI
- clause
va-YO-mer av-RAM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ma-ti-TEN-li ve-a-no-KHI ho-LEKH a-ri-RI
- 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 emphatic clause ve’anokhi holekh ariri {וְאָנֹכִ֖י הוֹלֵ֣ךְ עֲרִירִ֑י | wə-ʾā-nō-khî hō-lēḵ ʿă-rî-rî} uses an independent pronoun plus participle to convey his ongoing childlessness.
Root and etymology
ayin-resh-reshayin–resh–resh
“to be alone, childless”
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 15:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 15:2, so the Hebrew word עֲרִירִ֑י (ariri) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.2.W8.S1) and character.