Genesis 2:4:5Gen.2.4.W5TAB
בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם
behibbaream
“when they were created”
- Transliteration
- be-hib-ba-re-AM
- Extended
- beh-hib-bah-reh-AAM
- IPA
- /bə.hib.baː.rə.ˈʔaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when they were created
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-hib-ba-re-AM
- clause
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ha-A-rets be-hib-ba-re-AM
- sentence
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ha-A-rets be-hib-ba-re-AM be-YOM a-SOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM E-rets ve-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
Behibbaram {בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם | bə-hib-bā-rə-ʾām}, a Niphal infinitive construct with a pronominal suffix, forms a temporal clause “when they were created.”
Root and etymology
b-r-ʾbet–resh–aleph
“to create, shape”
In context — Genesis 2:4
This is the record of the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created—when the LORD God made earth and heavens.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 2:4, so the Hebrew word בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם (behibbaream) 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.2.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.4.W5.S1) and character.