Genesis 20:11:10Gen.20.11.W10TAB
וַהֲרָג֖וּנִי
vaharaguni
“they will kill me”
- Transliteration
- va-ha-ra-GU-ni
- Extended
- vah-hah-raa-GOO-nee
- IPA
- /va.hă.raˈɣuː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will kill me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-ha-ra-GU-ni
- clause
va-ha-ra-GU-ni al-de-VAR ish-TI
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM KI a-MAR-ti RAK en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH va-ha-ra-GU-ni al-de-VAR ish-TI
Exegesis
The second wayyiqtol vaharaguni {וַהֲרָג֖וּנִי | wa-hă-rā-gū-nî} ‘and they will kill me’ presents the anticipated consequence vividly.
In context — Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, “Because I said, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of the matter of my wife.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 20:11, so the Hebrew word וַהֲרָג֖וּנִי (vaharaguni) 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.20.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.11.W10.S1) and character.