Genesis 17:14:7Gen.17.14.W7TAB
וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה
venikhreta
“shall be cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-nikh-re-TA
- Extended
- veh-nihkh-reh-TAA
- IPA
- /və.nix.rə.ˈθaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be cut off
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nikh-re-TA
- 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 vav-consecutive ve-nikhretah {וְנִכְרְתָה | wə-nik-rə-ṯāh} “and shall be cut off” shifts to a judicial result clause, with hanefesh hahi {הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא | han-ne-feš ha-hî} “that person” as its subject.
Root and etymology
n-k-rnun–kaf–resh
“to recognize as foreign, be a stranger”
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 17:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 17:14, so the Hebrew word וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה (venikhreta) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.14.W7.S1) and character.