Genesis 17:19:12Gen.17.19.W12TAB
וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י
vahakimoti
“{And} I will establish”
- Transliteration
- va-ha-ki-MO-ti
- Extended
- vah-hah-kee-MOH-tee
- IPA
- /wa.hă.qiˈmoː.θiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} I will establish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-ha-ki-MO-ti
- phraseyour reading level
va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO
- clause
va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO li-ve-REET o-LAM le-zar-O a-kha-RAV
- 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
Vahakimoti {וַהֲקִמֹתִי | wa-hă-qî-mō-ṭî} in Hiphil perfect expresses divine causative action, “I will establish.”
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 17:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 17:19, so the Hebrew word וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י (vahakimoti) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.19.W12.S1) and character.