Genesis 17:12:9Gen.17.12.W9TAB
וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֙סֶף֙
umiknatkesef
“and bought with money”
- Transliteration
- u-mik-nat-KE-sef
- Extended
- oo-mik-naht-KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /u.miq.naθ.ˈkɛ.sɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bought with money
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mik-nat-KE-sef
- clause
ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef mi-KOL ben-ne-KHAR a-SHER LO mi-zar-a-KHA HU
- sentence
u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef mi-KOL ben-ne-KHAR a-SHER LO mi-zar-a-KHA HU
Exegesis
Nominal phrases yelid bayit {יְלִיד בָּיִת | yə-lîḏ bā-yit} ‘one born in the household’ and umiknat keseph {וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף | û-mi-qnaṯ-ke-sep̄} ‘and acquired with silver’ outline natural-born and purchased members.
Root and etymology
k-s-pKaf–Samekh–Pe
“silver, money”
In context — Genesis 17:12
Every male among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, throughout your generations—whether he is born in the household or bought with money from a foreigner who is not of your descendants .
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 17:12, so the Hebrew word וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ (umiknatkesef) 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.17.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.12.W9.S1) and character.