Genesis 2:7:1Gen.2.7.W1TAB
וַיִּיצֶר֩
vayitser
“{And He} formed”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-TSER
- Extended
- vah-yee-TSEHR
- IPA
- /waj.jiː.ˈtsɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} formed
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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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-TSER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM
- sentence
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA
Exegesis
The verse opens with a waw-consecutive imperfect vayyitser {וַיִּיצֶר | wayyiṣer} ‘and He formed’, advancing the creation narrative.
Root and etymology
y-ts-r
“to form, shape”
In context — Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed the man from dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 2:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּיצֶר֩ (vayitser) 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.2.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.7.W1.S1) and character.