Genesis 17:23:8Gen.17.23.W8TAB
וְאֵת֙
veet
“and”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET
- Extended
- veh-EET
- IPA
- /wə.ˈʔeːt/
Meaning by language
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ET
- clause
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
- 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
A series of objects marked by et/ve-et {אֶת/וְאֵת | ʾeṯ/wə-ʾēṯ} enumerates covenant participants: Yishmaʿel beno {יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ | yišmāʿēl bə-nô}, kol-ye-lidei beito {כָּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ | kol-yəlīḏē bê-ṯō}, kol-miqnat kaspo {כָּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפּוֹ | kol-miqnaṯ kas-pō}.
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 17:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word וְאֵת֙ (veet) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W8.S1) and character.