Genesis 17:6:3Gen.17.6.W3TAB
בִּמְאֹ֣ד
bimeod
“very”
- Transliteration
- bi-me-OD
- Extended
- bih-meh-OHD
- IPA
- /bi.mə.ˈʔoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- very
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-me-OD
- phraseyour reading level
bi-me-OD me-OD
- clause
ve-hif-re-TI ot-KHA bi-me-OD me-OD u-ne-tat-TI-kha le-go-YIM
- sentence
ve-hif-re-TI ot-KHA bi-me-OD me-OD u-ne-tat-TI-kha le-go-YIM u-me-la-KHIM mim-me-KHA ye-tse-U
Exegesis
The reduplicated intensity markers bimeod {בִּמְאֹד | biməʾōḏ} ‘very’ + meod {מְאֹד | məʾōḏ} ‘very’ amplify the scope of fruitfulness.
Root and etymology
m-ʾ-dmem–aleph–dalet
“muchness, abundance”
In context — Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will bring nations from you, and kings will come from you.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:6, so the Hebrew word בִּמְאֹ֣ד (bimeod) 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.17.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.6.W3.S1) and character.