Genesis 19:30:17Gen.19.30.W17TAB
בְנֹתָֽיו׃
venotav
“his daughters”
- Transliteration
- ve-no-TAV
- Extended
- veh-noh-TAAV
- IPA
- /və.noː.ˈθaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his daughters
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-no-TAV
- 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 19:30:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 19:30, so the Hebrew word בְנֹתָֽיו׃ (venotav) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.30.W17.S1) and character.