Genesis 18:29:7Gen.18.29.W7TAB
יִמָּצְא֥וּן
yimmatseun
“be found”
- Transliteration
- yim-ma-tse-UN
- Extended
- yih-maa-tseh-OON
- IPA
- /jim.maː.tsəˈʔuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- be found
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
yim-ma-tse-UN
- phraseyour reading level
yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM
- clause
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
Exegesis
The particle ulai {אוּלַי | ʾû-lay} introduces a tentative, almost hesitant proposal, while the Niphal yimmatse’un {יִמָּצְאוּן | yim-mā-tsə-ʾûn} ‘might be found’ presents the presence of forty as a hoped-for possibility rather than a presumed fact.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem-Tsade-Aleph
“to find, encounter”
In context — Genesis 18:29
And he continued speaking to Him , and said, “Perhaps forty might be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 18:29, so the Hebrew word יִמָּצְא֥וּן (yimmatseun) 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.18.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.29.W7.S1) and character.