Genesis 19:21:4Gen.19.21.W4TAB
נָשָׂ֣אתִי
nasati
“I have lifted up”
- Transliteration
- na-SA-ti
- Extended
- nah-SAA-tee
- IPA
- /naː.ˈsaː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have lifted up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
na-SA-ti
- phraseyour reading level
na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta
Exegesis
The idiom nasati panekha {נָשָׂאתִי פָנֶיךָ | nā-śā-ṯî pā-ne-kā} ‘I have lifted your face’ conveys divine favor.
Root and etymology
“to lift, carry”
In context — Genesis 19:21
And He said to him, “Behold, I have shown favor to you also concerning this matter , so that I will not overthrow the city which you have spoken of.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:21, so the Hebrew word נָשָׂ֣אתִי (nasati) 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.19.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.21.W4.S1) and character.