Genesis 18:26:9Gen.18.26.W9TAB
וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי
venasati
“I will spare”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-SA-ti
- Extended
- veh-nah-SAA-tee
- IPA
- /və.na.ˈsaː.θiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will spare
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-na-SA-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-SA-ti le-khol-ha-ma-KOM
- 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
The apodosis begins with the wayyiqtol venasati {וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי | wə-nā-śā-ṯî} “and I will spare,” shifting the basic sense “lift” to “withhold judgment.”
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 18:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי (venasati) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.26.W9.S1) and character.