Genesis 17:8:11Gen.17.8.W11TAB
לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת
laakhuzat
“for a possession”
- Transliteration
- la-a-khu-ZAT
- Extended
- lah-ah-khoo-ZAHT
- IPA
- /la.ʔă.ħu.ˈzaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a possession
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-khu-ZAT
- clause
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The legal-temporal clause la'achuzat olam {לַאֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם | la-ʾa-ḥuz-zat ʿô-lām} fuses hereditary tenure with enduring duration.
In context — Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a foreigner, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession , and I will be God to them.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 17:8, so the Hebrew word לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת (laakhuzat) 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.17.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W11.S1) and character.