Genesis 16:5:4Gen.16.5.W4TAB
חֲמָסִ֣י
khamasi
“my wrong”
- Transliteration
- kha-MA-si
- Extended
- khah-MAA-see
- IPA
- /ħăˈmaː.siː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my wrong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kha-MA-si
- phraseyour reading level
kha-MA-si a-LEI-kha
- clause
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM kha-MA-si a-LEI-kha a-no-KHI na-TAT-ti shif-KHA-ti be-khei-KE-kha va-TE-re KI ha-RA-ta va-e-KAL be-ei-NE-ha
- sentence
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM kha-MA-si a-LEI-kha a-no-KHI na-TAT-ti shif-KHA-ti be-khei-KE-kha va-TE-re KI ha-RA-ta va-e-KAL be-ei-NE-ha yish-POT Ye-ho-VAH bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha
Exegesis
The clause khamasi alekha {חֲמָסִי עָלֶיךָ | ḥă-mā-sî ʿā-lê-kā} positions the possessed noun before the prepositional phrase to stress her grievance against Abram.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-s
“to treat violently, do wrong”
In context — Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong rests on you. I gave my female servant into your lap, and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. Let the LORD judge between you and me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 16:5, so the Hebrew word חֲמָסִ֣י (khamasi) 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.16.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.5.W4.S1) and character.