Genesis 20:13:21Gen.20.13.W21TAB
אָחִ֥י
akhi
“my brother”
- Transliteration
- a-KHI
- Extended
- ah-KHEE
- IPA
- /ʔaː.ˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my brother
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHI HU
- clause
EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The imperative ʾimrî-li ʾāḥî hûʾ {אִמְרִי־לִ֖י אָחִ֥י הֽוּא׃ | ʾim-rî-lî ʾā-ḥî hûʾ} ‘say, “He is my brother”’ prescribes the self-identification formula. In English the wayyiqtol forms are rendered as simple past for narrative cohesion, and the imperfect and imperative forms are rendered with future-modal or habitual expressions to preserve the ongoing and prescriptive nuances.
In context — Genesis 20:13
And it happened that when God caused me to wander from my father’s house , I said to her, “This is your kindness which you shall do for me: in every place we reach, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:13:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Genesis 20:13, so the Hebrew word אָחִ֥י (akhi) 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.20.13.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.13.W21.S1) and character.