Genesis 19:4:10Gen.19.4.W10TAB
וְעַד־זָקֵ֑ן
veadzaken
“and unto old”
- Transliteration
- ve-ad-za-KEN
- Extended
- veh-ahd-zah-KEHN
- IPA
- /və.ʕad.zaː.ˈqeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and unto old
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ad-za-KEN
- clause
TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN
- sentence
TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN kol-ha-AM mik-ka-TSE
Exegesis
The merism minnaar ve-ʿad-zaken {מִנַּעַר וְעַד־זָקֵן | min-naʿar wə-ʿaḏ-zā-qēn} ‘from youth and up to old’ expresses full generational inclusion, reinforced by kol-ha-ʿam {כָּל־הָעָם | kāl-hā-ʿām} ‘all the people’ and mi-qatseh {מִקָּצֶה | miq-qā-ṣeh} ‘from the end’, an idiom for every quarter. In translation, clauses are segmented to preserve Hebrew’s cumulative emphasis while ensuring English readability.
Root and etymology
Rootz-q-n
“to be old”
In context — Genesis 19:4
Before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—gathered around the house, from the youngest to the oldest, all the people from every quarter .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 19:4, so the Hebrew word וְעַד־זָקֵ֑ן (veadzaken) 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.19.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.4.W10.S1) and character.