Genesis 19:34:5Gen.19.34.W5TAB

אֶל־הַצְּעִירָ֔ה

elhatseira

to the younger daughter

Transliteration
el-ha-tse-i-RA
Extended
ehl-hah-tseh-ee-RAA
IPA
/ʔɛl.hat͡sə.ʕiˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
to the younger daughter

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶל + הַ + צְּ + עִי + רָ֔ה
el + ha + tse + i + ra
elhatseira

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-ha-tse-i-RA

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI na-she-KEN-nu YA-yin gam-hal-LAI-la u-vo-I shikh-VI im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-vi-NU ZA-ra

Exegesis

The verb vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wat-tō-mer} introduces direct speech by habekhira {הַבְּכִירָה | hab-bə-ḵî-rāh} to hatseira {הַצְּעִירָה | haṣ-ṣe-ʿî-rāh}.

Root and etymology

ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh

city, town

In contextGenesis 19:34

And it happened on the next day that the older said to the younger, “Behold, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine also tonight, and you go in and lie with him, and we will preserve offspring from our father.”

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 19:34, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַצְּעִירָ֔ה (elhatseira) 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.19.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.34.W5.S1) and character.