Genesis 15:6:3Gen.15.6.W3TAB
וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ
vayakhsheveha
“{And} He counted it”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-she-VE-ha
- Extended
- vah-yahkh-sheh-VEH-hah
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħ.ʃə.ˈvɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} He counted it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yakh-she-VE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-she-VE-ha LO
- clause
va-yakh-she-VE-ha LO tse-da-KA
- sentence
ve-he-e-MIN ba-ye-ho-VAH va-yakh-she-VE-ha LO tse-da-KA
Exegesis
The second clause, introduced by vayyachsheveha {וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ | way-yaḥ-šə-ḇe-hā} ‘and he reckoned it’, is a wayyiqtol form portraying the divine attribution of Abram’s faith to his status.
In context — Genesis 15:6
And he trusted in the LORD , and He credited it to him as righteousness .
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 15:6, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ (vayakhsheveha) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.6.W3.S1) and character.