Genesis 19:29:16Gen.19.29.W16TAB
בָּהֵ֖ן
bahen
“in which”
- Transliteration
- ba-HEN
- Extended
- bah-HEHN
- IPA
- /baˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- in which
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN
- clause
va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-sha-KHET e-lo-HIM et-a-REI ha-kik-KAR va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-av-ra-HAM va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
Exegesis
Finally, the relative clause asher yashav bahem Lot {אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁב בָּהֵ֖ן לוֹט | ʾă-šer yā-šaḇ bā-hēn lōṭ} ‘in which Lot had dwelt’ reconnects deliverance to his former dwelling, emphasizing personal salvation amid judgment.
In context — Genesis 19:29
It happened that when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow of the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:29:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 19:29, so the Hebrew word בָּהֵ֖ן (bahen) 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.19.29.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.29.W16.S1) and character.