Genesis 19:11:5Gen.19.11.W5TAB
בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֔ים
basaneverim
“with the blindness”
- Transliteration
- ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM
- Extended
- bah-sah-neh-veh-REEM
- IPA
- /bas.sa.nə.weː.ˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the blindness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM
- clause
ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL
- sentence
ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL va-yil-U lim-TSO ha-PA-takh
Exegesis
The instrumental phrase basanverim {בַּסַּנְוֵרִים | bas-san-wē-rîm} ‘with blindness’ indicates the means of the miracle.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–nun–resh
“to dazzle or blind”
In context — Genesis 19:11
And they struck the men at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the least to the greatest, so that they wore themselves out trying to find the entrance .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 19:11, so the Hebrew word בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֔ים (basaneverim) 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.19.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.11.W5.S1) and character.