Genesis 15:2:9Gen.15.2.W9TAB
וּבֶן־מֶ֣שֶׁק
uvenmeshek
“and heir of”
- Transliteration
- u-ven-ME-shek
- Extended
- oo-vehn-MEH-shehk
- IPA
- /uː.vɛnˈmɛ.ʃɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and heir of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
u-ven-ME-shek
- phraseyour reading level
u-ven-ME-shek BEI-ti
- 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 15:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 15:2, so the Hebrew word וּבֶן־מֶ֣שֶׁק (uvenmeshek) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.2.W9.S1) and character.