Genesis 18:28:2Gen.18.28.W2TAB
יַחְסְר֞וּן
yakhserun
“are lacking”
- Transliteration
- yakh-se-RUN
- Extended
- yahkh-seh-ROON
- IPA
- /jaħ.səˈruːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- are lacking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yakh-se-RUN
- clause
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR
- sentence
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT im-em-TSA SHAM ar-ba-IM va-kha-mi-SHA
Exegesis
The finite verb yakhserun {יַחְסְרוּן | yaḥ-sə-rûn} ‘will lack’ precedes its subject phrase, producing the sequence “perhaps will lack fifty the righteous five,” which Hebrew hearers would understand as a hypothetical numerical shortfall among the righteous.
In context — Genesis 18:28
“Perhaps five will be lacking from the fifty righteous . Will You destroy all the city for five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 18:28, so the Hebrew word יַחְסְר֞וּן (yakhserun) 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.18.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.28.W2.S1) and character.