Genesis 18:30:3Gen.18.30.W3TAB
יִ֤חַר
yikhar
“be angry”
- Transliteration
- yi-KHAR
- Extended
- yih-KHAHR
- IPA
- /jiˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- be angry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
yi-KHAR la-do-NAI
- clause
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE im-em-TSA SHAM she-lo-SHIM
Exegesis
The verb yichar {יִחַר | yi-ḥar} ‘let it burn’ is a Qal imperfect used jussively, idiomatically referring to anger flaring; together with the indirect object laAdonai {לַֽאדֹנָי | la-ʾă-ḏō-nāy} ‘to my Lord’, the sense is “may my Lord’s anger not burn.”
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-hchet–resh–heh
“to burn, to be kindled (especially of anger)”
In context — Genesis 18:30
And he said, “Please, do not let Your anger burn, O Lord , and let me speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:30, so the Hebrew word יִ֤חַר (yikhar) 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.18.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.30.W3.S1) and character.