Genesis 17:18:2Gen.17.18.W2TAB
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
avraham
“Abraham”
- Transliteration
- av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- ahv-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
av-ra-HAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM
- clause
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM LU yish-ma-EL yikh-YEH le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
The narrative clause opens with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, the standard Hebrew wayyīqtol form that advances the storyline and introduces direct speech, with Avraham {אַבְרָהָם | ʾaḇ-rā-hām} as the understood subject.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Genesis 17:18
Abraham said to God , “May Ishmael live before You !”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 17:18, so the Hebrew word אַבְרָהָ֖ם (avraham) 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.17.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.18.W2.S1) and character.