Genesis 18:16:7Gen.18.16.W7TAB
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם
veavraham
“and Abraham”
- Transliteration
- ve-av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- veh-ahv-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /wə.ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-av-ra-HAM
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
Exegesis
The conjunction introduces veavraham {וְאַבְרָהָם | wəʾaḇrāhām} ‘and Abraham’, followed by the participle holekh {הֹלֵךְ | hōlēḵ} ‘was walking’, signaling his ongoing accompaniment.
In context — Genesis 18:16
Then the men rose up from there and looked out toward the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off .
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (veavraham) 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.18.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W7.S1) and character.