Genesis 20:13:3Gen.20.13.W3TAB
הִתְע֣וּ
hitu
“caused to wander”
- Transliteration
- hit-U
- Extended
- hiht-OO
- IPA
- /hiθ.ˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- caused to wander
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hit-U
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI
- clause
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
- 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 Hiphil perfect hitʿu {הִתְע֣וּ | hit-ʿû} ‘they caused to wander’ attributes divine agency to ʾĕlohim {אֱלֹהִים֮ | ʾĕ-lō-hîm} despite the plural form.
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 20:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 20:13, so the Hebrew word הִתְע֣וּ (hitu) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.13.W3.S1) and character.