Genesis 2:22:4Gen.2.22.W4TAB
אֶֽת־הַצֵּלָ֛ע
ethatsela
“the rib”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-tse-LA
- Extended
- eht-hah-tseh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.tseː.ˈlaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the rib
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-tse-LA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA
- clause
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM le-ish-SHA va-ye-vi-E-ha el-ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et-hatsela {אֶֽת־הַצֵּלָ֛ע | ʾeṯ-hat-tsē-laʿ} ‘the rib’ specifies the object chosen for transformation.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–lamed–ayin
“rib, side”
In context — Genesis 2:22
And the LORD God built the rib—which He had taken from the man—into a woman , and He brought her to the man.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 2:22, so the Hebrew word אֶֽת־הַצֵּלָ֛ע (ethatsela) 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.2.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.22.W4.S1) and character.