Genesis 17:13:9Gen.17.13.W9TAB
בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם
bivsarkhem
“in your flesh”
- Transliteration
- biv-sar-KHEM
- Extended
- biv-sahr-KHEHM
- IPA
- /biv.sar.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
biv-sar-KHEM
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA ve-ri-TI biv-sar-KHEM liv-RIT o-LAM
- sentence
him-MOL yim-MOL ye-LID beit-KHA u-mik-NAT kas-PE-kha ve-ha-ye-TA ve-ri-TI biv-sar-KHEM liv-RIT o-LAM
Exegesis
The result clause vehayetah beriti bivsarkhem {וְהָיְתָה בְּרִיתִי בִּבְשָׂרְכֶם | wə-hā-yə-ṯāh bə-rî-tî bib-śar-ḵem} ‘and My covenant will be in your flesh’ presents circumcision as the tangible sign of divine commitment.
Root and etymology
b-s-rbet–shin–resh
“flesh; body”
In context — Genesis 17:13
The one born in your house and the one purchased with your silver must surely be circumcised, and My covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 17:13, so the Hebrew word בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם (bivsarkhem) 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.17.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.13.W9.S1) and character.