Genesis 19:29:2Gen.19.29.W2TAB
בְּשַׁחֵ֤ת
beshakhet
“when destroying”
- Transliteration
- be-sha-KHET
- Extended
- beh-shah-KHET
- IPA
- /bə.ʃaˈħeːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when destroying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-sha-KHET
- phraseyour reading level
be-sha-KHET e-lo-HIM
- clause
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
- 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
The verse opens with vayehi {וַיְהִ֗י | way-hî} ‘and it happened’, a narrative marker that introduces a temporal clause through the prepositional infinitive beshachet {בְּשַׁחֵ֤ת | bə-ša-ḥêt} ‘when destroying’.
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 19:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 19:29, so the Hebrew word בְּשַׁחֵ֤ת (beshakhet) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.29.W2.S1) and character.