Genesis 15:4:13Gen.15.4.W13TAB
יִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ׃
yirashekha
“will be your heir”
- Transliteration
- yi-ra-SHE-kha
- Extended
- yee-rah-SHEH-khah
- IPA
- /jiː.raː.ˈʃɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be your heir
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-ra-SHE-kha
- clause
ki-IM a-SHER ye-TSE mim-me-E-kha HU yi-ra-SHE-kha
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV le-MOR LO yi-rash-KHA ZEH ki-IM a-SHER ye-TSE mim-me-E-kha HU yi-ra-SHE-kha
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, the negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} precedes the verb yirashekha {יִירָשְׁךָ | yî-rāš-kā}, denying that ‘this one’ (zeh {זֶה | zeh}) is the heir.
Root and etymology
y-r-sh
“take possession, inherit”
In context — Genesis 15:4
And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but rather the one who shall come forth from your own inner being —he shall be your heir.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 15:4, so the Hebrew word יִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ׃ (yirashekha) 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.15.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.4.W13.S1) and character.