Genesis 17:23:18Gen.17.23.W18TAB
בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙
beetsem
“on”
- Transliteration
- be-E-tsem
- Extended
- beh-EH-tsehm
- IPA
- /bə.ˈʕɛ.tsɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-E-tsem
- clause
va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM ET-yish-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mik-NAT kas-PO kol-za-KHAR be-an-SHEI BEIT av-ra-HAM va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The idiom be-etsem hayom hazzeh {בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה | bə-ʿe-ṣem ha-yôm haz-zeh} ‘on that very day’ conveys immediate obedience.
Root and etymology
RootAyin-Tsade-Mem
“bone, essence”
In context — Genesis 17:23
That same day Abraham took Ishmael his son, along with everyone born in his house and everyone bought with his silver —every male in Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, just as God had spoken to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:23:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ (beetsem) 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.17.23.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W18.S1) and character.