Genesis 19:30:16Gen.19.30.W16TAB
וּשְׁתֵּ֥י
ushtei
“and two”
- Transliteration
- ush-TEI
- Extended
- oosh-TEE
- IPA
- /uʃ.ˈteːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and two
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ush-TEI
- phraseyour reading level
ush-TEI ve-no-TAV
- clause
va-YE-shev bam-me-a-RA HU ush-TEI ve-no-TAV
- sentence
va-ya-AL LOT mits-TSO-ar va-YE-shev ba-HAR ush-TEI ve-no-TAV im-MO KI ya-RE la-SHE-vet be-TSO-ar va-YE-shev bam-me-a-RA HU ush-TEI ve-no-TAV
Exegesis
The phrase ushtey benotav imo {וּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָיו עִמּוֹ | û-šə-tē bə-nō-ṯāw ʿim-mô} ‘and his two daughters with him’ expands the subject.
A subsequent vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yē-šeḇ} ‘and he dwelt’ introduces the result clause bamearah {בַּמְּעָרָה | bam-me-ʿā-rāh} ‘in the cave,’ concluded by the appositional hu ushtey benotav {הוּא וּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָיו | hûʾ û-šə-tē bə-nō-ṯāw}, emphasizing the isolated refuge of Lot and his daughters. In English, the verbs appear in simple past to preserve narrative continuity, and the final repetition underscores their shared situation.
In context — Genesis 19:30
Lot went up from Zoar and settled in the mountain, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar, so he lived in the cave , he and his two daughters.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:30:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 19:30, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁתֵּ֥י (ushtei) 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.19.30.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.30.W16.S1) and character.