Genesis 15:3:10Gen.15.3.W10TAB
יוֹרֵ֥שׁ
yoresh
“will inherit”
- Transliteration
- yo-RESH
- Extended
- yoh-REHSH
- IPA
- /joː.ˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will inherit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-RESH
- phraseyour reading level
yo-RESH o-TI
- clause
ve-hin-NE ven-bey-TI yo-RESH o-TI
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM HEN LI LO na-tat-TA ZA-ra ve-hin-NE ven-bey-TI yo-RESH o-TI
Exegesis
The participle yoresh {יוֹרֵשׁ | yōrēš} ‘inheriting’ predicates the impending heir, and oti {אֹתִי | ʾōṯî} ‘me’ conveys inheriting Abram’s status and estate rather than a mere object.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–resh–shin
“to inherit, possess”
In context — Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, “Look, to me You have not given offspring , and look, a son of my household will inherit me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 15:3, so the Hebrew word יוֹרֵ֥שׁ (yoresh) 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.15.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.3.W10.S1) and character.