Genesis 18:26:11Gen.18.26.W11TAB
בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃
baavuram
“for their sake”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-vu-RAM
- Extended
- bah-ah-voo-RAAM
- IPA
- /ba.ʕă.vu.ˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for their sake
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-a-vu-RAM
- clause
ve-na-SA-ti le-khol-ha-ma-KOM ba-a-vu-RAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ve-na-SA-ti le-khol-ha-ma-KOM ba-a-vu-RAM
Exegesis
This verb governs lekol-hamaqom {לְכָל־הַמָּק֖וֹם | lə-ḵol-ham-mā-qōm}, indicating the comprehensive scope of reprieve, with baavuram {בַּעֲבוּרָֽם | ba-ʿă-vūr-ām} “for their sake” introducing the causal motivation. The syntax highlights how representative righteousness can determine corporate fate.
In context — Genesis 18:26
And the LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, within the city itself, then I will spare the entire place for their sake.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:26:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 18:26, so the Hebrew word בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃ (baavuram) 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.18.26.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.26.W11.S1) and character.