Genesis 19:36:4Gen.19.36.W4TAB
מֵאֲבִיהֶֽן׃
meavihen
“by their father”
- Transliteration
- me-a-VI-hen
- Extended
- meh-ah-VEE-hehn
- IPA
- /meː.ʔăˈviː.hɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-VI-hen
- sentence
va-ta-ha-REI-na she-TEI ve-not-LOT me-a-VI-hen
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meavihen {מֵאֲבִיהֶֽן | mê-ʾă-vî-hen} ‘from their father’ provides a climactic detail of paternity at the verse’s conclusion, preserving the original emphasis of shocking incest. English rendering places the subject before the verb and retains the final prepositional phrase to mirror that emphasis.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Genesis 19:36
Then the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:36, so the Hebrew word מֵאֲבִיהֶֽן׃ (meavihen) 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.19.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.36.W4.S1) and character.