Genesis 17:21:1Gen.17.21.W1TAB
וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י
veetberiti
“but my covenant”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-be-ri-TI
- Extended
- veh-eht-beh-ree-TEE
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛθ.bə.riː.ˈθiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but my covenant
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-be-ri-TI
- clause
ve-et-be-ri-TI a-KIM et-yits-KHAK
- sentence
ve-et-be-ri-TI a-KIM et-yits-KHAK a-SHER te-LED le-KHA sa-RA lam-mo-ED haz-ZE bash-sha-NA ha-a-khe-RET
Exegesis
wə-ʾeṯ-bə-rîṯî {וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י | wə-ʾeṯ-bə-rîṯî} ‘and (as-for) My covenant’ employs object fronting to set the covenant theme.
Root and etymology
consonantsBet–Resh–Tav
“to bind”
In context — Genesis 17:21
Yet I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time in the next year.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:21, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י (veetberiti) 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.17.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.21.W1.S1) and character.