Genesis 17:17:7Gen.17.17.W7TAB
הַלְּבֶ֤ן
halleven
“to a man of”
- Transliteration
- hal-le-VEN
- Extended
- hahl-leh-VEHN
- IPA
- /hal.ləˈvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a man of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hal-le-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
hal-le-VEN me-a-sha-NA
- clause
va-YO-mer be-lib-BO hal-le-VEN me-a-sha-NA yi-va-LED ve-im-sa-RA ha-vat-tish-IM sha-NA te-LED
- sentence
va-yip-POL av-ra-HAM al-pa-NAV va-yits-KHAK va-YO-mer be-lib-BO hal-le-VEN me-a-sha-NA yi-va-LED ve-im-sa-RA ha-vat-tish-IM sha-NA te-LED
Exegesis
The first question employs hallevan {הַלְּבֶ֤ן | hal-lə-ḇen} ‘shall to the son’ with meashanah {מֵאָֽה־שָׁנָה֙ | mê-ʾāh-šā-nāh} ‘hundred years’ and the Niphal yivvaled {יִוָּלֵ֔ד | yiw-wā-lēḏ} ‘be born’, highlighting divine agency in the miraculous promise.
Root and etymology
Rootbet nun
“son”
In context — Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying in his heart, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old ? And can Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 17:17, so the Hebrew word הַלְּבֶ֤ן (halleven) 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.17.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.17.W7.S1) and character.