Genesis 18:8:9Gen.18.8.W9TAB
וְהֽוּא־עֹמֵ֧ד
vehuomed
“and he was standing”
- Transliteration
- ve-hu-o-MED
- Extended
- veh-hoo-oh-MEHD
- IPA
- /wə.huː.ʕoː.ˈmeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was standing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hu-o-MED
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM
- clause
ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM TA-khat ha-ETS va-yo-khe-LU
- 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
Abraham’s posture is then described by vehu-omed aleihem {וְהֽוּא־עֹמֵ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶם | wə-hū-ʾō-mēḏ ʿă-lê-hem} 'and he stood beside them', combining a pronoun with a participle to convey ongoing service.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-dayin–mem–dalet
“to stand, remain”
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 18:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:8, so the Hebrew word וְהֽוּא־עֹמֵ֧ד (vehuomed) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.8.W9.S1) and character.