Genesis 18:22:6Gen.18.22.W6TAB
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם
veavraham
“but Abraham”
- Transliteration
- ve-av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- veh-av-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /wə.ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- but 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 o-DE-nu o-MED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yif-NU mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yel-KHU se-DO-ma ve-av-ra-HAM o-DE-nu o-MED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause ve-Avraham odennu omed {וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ עֹמֵ֖ד | wəʾaḇrāhām ʿôdennû ʿōmēḏ} contrasts Abraham’s continued posture with their departure, using odennu ‘still he’ plus participle omed ‘standing’ to convey durative persistence.
In context — Genesis 18:22
And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:22, 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.18.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.22.W6.S1) and character.