Genesis 16:13:6Gen.16.13.W6TAB
אֵ֣ל
el
“a God”
- Transliteration
- EL
- Extended
- EHL
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- a God
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EL
- phraseyour reading level
EL ro-I
- clause
va-tik-RA shem-ye-ho-VAH ha-do-VER e-le-HA a-TA EL ro-I
- sentence
va-tik-RA shem-ye-ho-VAH ha-do-VER e-le-HA a-TA EL ro-I KI am-RA ha-GAM ha-LOM ra-I-ti a-kha-RE ro-I
Exegesis
In the clause atta el roʾî {אַתָּה אֵל רֳאִי | ʾat-tāh ʾēl rō-ʾî} ‘you are God who sees me’, a verbless nominal sentence underscores mutual identification of pronoun and predicate.
Root and etymology
sh-m-ʿ
“He hears”
In context — Genesis 16:13
So she called the name of the LORD who was speaking to her, “You are God who sees me,” for she said, “Have I even here seen after the One who sees me?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 16:13, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣ל (el) 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.16.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.13.W6.S1) and character.