Genesis 17:6:8Gen.17.6.W8TAB
מִמְּךָ֥
mimmekha
“from you”
- Transliteration
- mim-me-KHA
- Extended
- mihm-meh-KHAA
- IPA
- /mim.mə.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
mim-me-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
mim-me-KHA ye-tse-U
- clause
u-me-la-KHIM mim-me-KHA ye-tse-U
- 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 final clause introduces umelakhim {וּמְלָכִ֖ים | u-mə-lā-kîm} ‘and kings’ as a new subject, with yetseu {יֵצֵֽאוּ | yē-ṣē-ʾû} ‘they will come out’ indicating future emergence from Abraham’s line, as specified by mimekha {מִמְּךָ | mim-mə-ḵā} ‘from you’.
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 17:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:6, so the Hebrew word מִמְּךָ֥ (mimmekha) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.6.W8.S1) and character.