Genesis 20:10:3Gen.20.10.W3TAB
אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם
elavraham
“to Abraham”
- Transliteration
- el-av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- ehl-ahv-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔav.ra.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-av-ra-HAM
- clause
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM MA ra-I-ta KI a-SI-ta et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
Exegesis
The subject avimelekh {אֲבִימֶלֶךְ | ʾă-ḇî-me-leḵ} precedes the prepositional phrase el-abraham {אֶל־אַבְרָהָם | ʾel-ʾaḇ-rā-hām}, marking the addressee.
In context — Genesis 20:10
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see , that you did this thing ?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 20:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם (elavraham) 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.20.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.10.W3.S1) and character.