Genesis 2:21:10Gen.2.21.W10TAB
וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר
vayisgor
“{And} he closed”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-GOR
- Extended
- vah-yihs-GOHR
- IPA
- /waj.jisˈgoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he closed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-GOR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-GOR ba-SAR
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAT mi-tsal-o-THAV va-yis-GOR ba-SAR takh-TEN-na
- sentence
va-yap-PEL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM tar-de-MA al-ha-a-DAM va-yi-SHAN va-yik-KAKH a-KHAT mi-tsal-o-THAV va-yis-GOR ba-SAR takh-TEN-na
Exegesis
It is followed by vayyishan {וַיִּישָׁ֑ן | wayyî-šān} ‘and he slept’, vayyiqach {וַיִּקַּ֗ח | wayyiq-qaḥ} ‘and he took’, and vayisgor {וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר | wayyis-gōr} ‘and he closed’, maintaining a continuous narrative chain of waw-consecutive forms.
The final clause vayisgor basar tachtennah {וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה | wayyis-gōr bā-śār taḥ-ten-nāh} ‘and he closed the flesh underneath it’ emphasizes precise divine substitution and craftsmanship.
In context — Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. Then He took one of his ribs and closed the flesh in its place.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 2:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר (vayisgor) 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.2.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.21.W10.S1) and character.