Genesis 2:8:4Gen.2.8.W4TAB
גַּן־בְּעֵ֖דֶן
ganbeeden
“a garden in Eden”
- Transliteration
- gan-be-E-den
- Extended
- gahn-beh-EH-dehn
- IPA
- /gan.bə.ˈʕeː.ðɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a garden in Eden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gan-be-E-den
- clause
va-yit-TA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM gan-be-E-den mi-QE-dem
- sentence
va-yit-TA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM gan-be-E-den mi-QE-dem va-ya-SEM SHAM et-ha-a-DAM a-SHER ya-TSAR
Exegesis
The maqqef-bound phrase gan-beeden {גַּן־בְּעֵדֶן | gan-bə-ʿê-ḏen} ‘garden in Eden’ marks a specific cultivated locale.
Root and etymology
g-n-ngimel–nun–nun
“to cover, enclose, protect”
In context — Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east, and there He set the man whom He had formed.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 2:8, so the Hebrew word גַּן־בְּעֵ֖דֶן (ganbeeden) 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.2.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.8.W4.S1) and character.