Genesis 20:11:6Gen.20.11.W6TAB
אֵין־יִרְאַ֣ת
enyireat
“there is no fear of”
- Transliteration
- en-yi-re-AT
- Extended
- een-yih-reh-AHT
- IPA
- /ʔeːn.ji.rəˈʔaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- there is no fear of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
en-yi-re-AT
- phraseyour reading level
en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM KI a-MAR-ti RAK en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH
- 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 existential clause ein yirat Elohim {אֵין־יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾên yir-ʾat ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘there is no fear of God’ employs the nonexistence particle ein plus a construct chain to depict the absence of divine reverence.
Root and etymology
y-r-ʾyod–resh–aleph
“fear, reverence”
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 20:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 20:11, so the Hebrew word אֵין־יִרְאַ֣ת (enyireat) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.11.W6.S1) and character.