Genesis 16:10:9Gen.16.10.W9TAB
יִסָּפֵ֖ר
yissafer
“counted”
- Transliteration
- yis-sa-FER
- Extended
- yih-sah-FEHR
- IPA
- /jis.sa.ˈfeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- counted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
yis-sa-FER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO yis-sa-FER
- clause
ve-LO yis-sa-FER me-ROV
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH ve-LO yis-sa-FER me-ROV
Exegesis
The result clause velo yissaper merov {וְלֹא יִסָּפֵר מֵרֹב | wə-lōʾ yis-sā-pēr mē-rōḇ} (‘and not will be counted from abundance’) expresses that the offspring’s abundance renders counting impossible. In English, this relationship is rendered with “so that” and “because,” preserving the original emphasis and intensification in each reconstruction.
In context — Genesis 16:10
And the messenger of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed , so that it will not be counted because of abundance.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 16:10, so the Hebrew word יִסָּפֵ֖ר (yissafer) 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.16.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.10.W9.S1) and character.