Genesis 20:11:9Gen.20.11.W9TAB
הַזֶּ֑ה
hazeh
“this”
- Transliteration
- ha-ZEH
- Extended
- hah-ZEH
- IPA
- /haz.ˈzɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ZEH
- 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 locative phrase bamakom hazeh {בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה | ba-mā-qôm ha-zeh} ‘in this place’ situates his observation.
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 20:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 20:11, so the Hebrew word הַזֶּ֑ה (hazeh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.11.W9.S1) and character.