Genesis 19:15:2Gen.19.15.W2TAB
הַשַּׁ֣חַר
hashshakhar
“the dawn”
- Transliteration
- hash-SHA-khar
- Extended
- hahsh-SHAH-khar
- IPA
- /haʃ.ˈʃa.ħaʁ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dawn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hash-SHA-khar
- phraseyour reading level
hash-SHA-khar a-LA
- clause
u-khe-MO hash-SHA-khar a-LA va-ya-I-tsu ham-mal-a-KHIM be-LOT le-MOR
- sentence
u-khe-MO hash-SHA-khar a-LA va-ya-I-tsu ham-mal-a-KHIM be-LOT le-MOR KUM KAKH et-ish-te-KHA ve-et-she-TEI ve-no-TE-kha han-nim-tsa-OT pen-tis-sa-FE ba-a-VON ha-IR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal construction u-kemo {וּכְמוֹ | û-kə-mô} + ha-shakhar {הַשַּׁחַר | haš-šā-ḥar} + ʿā-lāh {עָלָה | ʿā-lāh}, “and as the dawn rose,” setting a morning scene.
Root and etymology
shin–chet–resh
“dawn, early light”
In context — Genesis 19:15
As the dawn was rising, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 19:15, so the Hebrew word הַשַּׁ֣חַר (hashshakhar) 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.19.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.15.W2.S1) and character.