Genesis 17:4:3Gen.17.4.W3TAB
בְרִיתִ֖י
veriti
“my covenant”
- Transliteration
- ve-ri-TI
- Extended
- veh-ree-TEE
- IPA
- /və.riː.ˈθiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my covenant
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 | |
| 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-ri-TI
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NE ve-ri-TI
- clause
a-NI hin-NE ve-ri-TI it-TAKH
- sentence
a-NI hin-NE ve-ri-TI it-TAKH ve-ha-YI-ta le-AV ha-MON go-YIM
Exegesis
The sequence beriti ittakh {בְּרִיתִי אִתָּךְ | bə-rî-tî ʾit-tāḵ} forms a verbless nominal clause in which beriti ‘my covenant’ serves as the subject and the prepositional complement ittakh ‘with you’ marks the beneficiary, necessitating the English copula “is.”
Root and etymology
b-r-tbet–resh–tav
“to cut, bind”
In context — Genesis 17:4
As for Me , look: My covenant is with you, and you will become the father of a multitude of nations.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:4, so the Hebrew word בְרִיתִ֖י (veriti) 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.17.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.4.W3.S1) and character.