Genesis 18:8:2Gen.18.8.W2TAB
חֶמְאָ֜ה
khemah
“curds”
- Transliteration
- khem-AH
- Extended
- khem-AAH
- IPA
- /ħɛm.ˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- curds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khem-AH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH khem-AH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM TA-khat ha-ETS va-yo-khe-LU
Exegesis
The objects chemah {חֶמְאָ֜ה | ḥem-ʾāh} 'curds' and chalav {חָלָ֗ב | ḥā-lāḇ} 'milk' form a coordinated series of hospitality items.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-ʾchet–mem–aleph
“to be rich; to curdle”
In context — Genesis 18:8
And he took curds and milk , and the calf that he had prepared, and he placed it before them; and he stood over them under the tree, and they ate.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 18:8, so the Hebrew word חֶמְאָ֜ה (khemah) 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.18.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.8.W2.S1) and character.