Genesis 19:34:6Gen.19.34.W6TAB
הֵן־שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי
henshakhavti
“look, I lay”
- Transliteration
- hen-sha-KHAV-ti
- Extended
- hehn-shah-KHAHV-tee
- IPA
- /heːn.ʃaˈxav.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- look, I lay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hen-sha-KHAV-ti
- phraseyour reading level
hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh
- 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
- 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
Hen {הֵן | hēn} signals emphasis before shakhavti {שָׁכַבְתִּי | šā-ḵav-tî} “I lay,” reporting action from emesh {אֶמֶשׁ | ʾe-meš} with avi {אָבִי | ʾā-vî} as object marked by et {אֶת | ʾeṯ}.
Root and etymology
sh-kh-vshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down”
In context — Genesis 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 19:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 19:34, so the Hebrew word הֵן־שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי (henshakhavti) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.34.W6.S1) and character.