Genesis 18:21:3Gen.18.21.W3TAB

הַכְּצַעֲקָתָ֛הּ

haktsaakatah

according to its outcry

Transliteration
hak-tsa-a-ka-TAH
Extended
hahk-tsah-ah-kah-TAAH
IPA
/hak.tsa.ʕă.qaː.ˈθaːh/

Meaning by language

English
according to its outcry

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Result
הַכְּ + צַ + עֲ + קָ + תָ֛הּ
hak + tsa + a + ka + tah
haktsaakatah

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hak-tsa-a-ka-TAH

  2. clause

    e-ra-da-NA ve-er-EH hak-tsa-a-ka-TAH ha-BA-a e-LAI a-SU ka-LA

  3. sentence

    e-ra-da-NA ve-er-EH hak-tsa-a-ka-TAH ha-BA-a e-LAI a-SU ka-LA ve-im-LO e-da-A

Exegesis

The complex form haketsakatah {הַכְּצַעֲקָתָּהּ | hak-kə-ṣa-ʿă-qā-tāh} combines interrogative ha with ke ‘according to’ and the construct tsaaqatah ‘her outcry,’ yielding a comparative clause, “whether it is according to the outcry.”

In contextGenesis 18:21

I will go down now and see whether they have acted completely according to the outcry that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:21, so the Hebrew word הַכְּצַעֲקָתָ֛הּ (haktsaakatah) 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.18.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.21.W3.S1) and character.