Genesis 18:8:4Gen.18.8.W4TAB
וּבֶן־הַבָּקָר֙
uvenhabakar
“and a calf of the herd”
- Transliteration
- u-ven-ha-ba-KAR
- Extended
- oo-vehn-hah-bah-KAAR
- IPA
- /uː.vɛn.hab.ba.ˈqaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a calf of the herd
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
u-ven-ha-ba-KAR
- 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 substantive uven-habakar {וּבֶן־הַבָּקָר | ū-ven-hab-bā-qār} 'calf of the herd' is detailed by the relative clause asher asah {אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh} 'which he had prepared', highlighting Abraham’s personal effort.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–qof–resh
“herd cattle”
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 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:8, so the Hebrew word וּבֶן־הַבָּקָר֙ (uvenhabakar) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.8.W4.S1) and character.