Genesis 17:14:1Gen.17.14.W1TAB
וְעָרֵ֣ל
vearel
“and uncircumcised”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-REL
- Extended
- veh-ah-REHL
- IPA
- /və.ʕaː.ˈreːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and uncircumcised
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-REL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-REL za-KHAR
- clause
ve-a-REL za-KHAR a-SHER lo-yim-MOL et-be-SAR or-la-TO ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HI me-am-ME-ha
- sentence
ve-a-REL za-KHAR a-SHER lo-yim-MOL et-be-SAR or-la-TO ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HI me-am-ME-ha et-be-ri-TI he-FAR
Exegesis
The Hebrew phrase ve-arel {וְעָרֵל | wə-ʿā-rēl} “and uncircumcised” serves as a nominal modifier of zakhar {זָכָר | zā-ḵār} “male,” defining the subject class.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–resh–lamed
“to be uncircumcised”
In context — Genesis 17:14
Any uncircumcised male who does not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin—that person must be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:14, so the Hebrew word וְעָרֵ֣ל (vearel) 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.17.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.14.W1.S1) and character.