Genesis 15:6:1Gen.15.6.W1TAB
וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן
veheemin
“{And} he believed”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-e-MIN
- Extended
- veh-heh-eh-MIHN
- IPA
- /və.hɛ.ʔɛ̆.ˈmin/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he believed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-he-e-MIN
- clause
ve-he-e-MIN ba-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-he-e-MIN ba-ye-ho-VAH va-yakh-she-VE-ha LO tse-da-KA
Exegesis
The first clause features weheemin {וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן | wə-hēʾĕmîn} ‘and he believed’, a Hifil perfect form describing Abram’s completed act of trust.
Root and etymology
א־מ־נa-m-n
“to be firm; support”
In context — Genesis 15:6
And he trusted in the LORD , and He credited it to him as righteousness .
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:6, so the Hebrew word וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן (veheemin) 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.15.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.6.W1.S1) and character.