Genesis 17:7:2Gen.17.7.W2TAB
אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֜י
etberiti
“my covenant”
- Transliteration
- et-be-ri-TI
- Extended
- eht-beh-ree-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.bə.riː.ˈθiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my covenant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-be-ri-TI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ha-ki-mo-TI et-be-ri-TI
- clause
va-ha-ki-mo-TI et-be-ri-TI bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha u-VEIN za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM liv-RIT o-LAM
- sentence
va-ha-ki-mo-TI et-be-ri-TI bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha u-VEIN za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM liv-RIT o-LAM lih-YOT le-KHA le-lo-HIM u-le-za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} introduces beriti {בְּרִיתִ֜י | bə-rî-tî} ‘My covenant’, marking the covenant as the central object of divine initiative.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-resh-tav
“to bind, make a covenant”
In context — Genesis 17:7
I will confirm My covenant between Me and you and between your seed after you in every generation, as an everlasting covenant, so that I will be God to you and to your seed after you.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 17:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֜י (etberiti) 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.17.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.7.W2.S1) and character.