Genesis 17:19:11Gen.17.19.W11TAB
יִצְחָ֑ק
yitskhak
“Isaac”
- Transliteration
- yits-KHAK
- Extended
- yits-KHAAK
- IPA
- /jitsˈħaːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Isaac
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
yits-KHAK
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM a-VAL sa-RA ish-te-KHA yo-LE-det le-KHA BEN ve-ka-RA-ta et-she-MO yits-KHAK
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM a-VAL sa-RA ish-te-KHA yo-LE-det le-KHA BEN ve-ka-RA-ta et-she-MO yits-KHAK va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO li-ve-REET o-LAM le-zar-O a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The command veqarata et-shemo Yitschaq {וְקָרָאתָ אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יִצְחָק | wə-qā-rā-ṯa ʾet-šə-mō yiṣ-ḥāq} employs a waw-consecutive Qal perfect with modal future force to instruct Abraham in naming.
Root and etymology
ṣ-ḥ-qtsade–chet–qof
“to laugh”
In context — Genesis 17:19
And God said, “No—Sarah your wife will bear for you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 17:19, so the Hebrew word יִצְחָ֑ק (yitskhak) 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.17.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.19.W11.S1) and character.