Genesis 17:24:1Gen.17.24.W1TAB
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם
veavraham
“And Abraham”
- Transliteration
- ve-av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- veh-ahv-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /və.ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- And Abraham
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-av-ra-HAM
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM ben-tish-EEM va-TE-sha sha-NA
- sentence
ve-av-ra-HAM ben-tish-EEM va-TE-sha sha-NA be-him-mo-LO be-SAR or-la-TO
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve-Avraham {וְאַבְרָהָם | wə-ʾaḇ-rā-hām} ‘and Abraham’, a waw-prefixed proper name linking this clause to the preceding narrative.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Genesis 17:24
And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:24, so the Hebrew word וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (veavraham) 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.17.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.24.W1.S1) and character.