Genesis 19:11:6Gen.19.11.W6TAB
מִקָּטֹ֖ן
mikaton
“from small”
- Transliteration
- mi-ka-TON
- Extended
- mih-kah-TOHN
- IPA
- /miq.qaː.ˈtoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from small
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mi-ka-TON
- 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 merism mikaton ve’ad gadol {מִקָּטֹן וְעַד־גָּדוֹל | miq-qā-ṭōn wə-ʿaḏ gā-ḏōl} ‘from the least to the greatest’ conveys total inclusion.
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 19:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 19:11, so the Hebrew word מִקָּטֹ֖ן (mikaton) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.11.W6.S1) and character.