Genesis 17:7:9Gen.17.7.W9TAB
לִבְרִ֣ית
livrit
“as a covenant”
- Transliteration
- liv-RIT
- Extended
- liv-REET
- IPA
- /liv.ˈriːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a covenant
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liv-RIT
- phraseyour reading level
liv-RIT o-LAM
- 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 phrase ledorotam {לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם | lə-ḏō-rō-ṯām} ‘for their generations’ defines the temporal scope, while the lamed clause livrit olam {לִבְרִית עוֹלָם | liḇ-rîṯ ʿō-lām} ‘as an everlasting covenant’ functions epexegetically to specify indefinite duration.
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 17:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 17:7, so the Hebrew word לִבְרִ֣ית (livrit) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.7.W9.S1) and character.