Genesis 20:8:3Gen.20.8.W3TAB
בַּבֹּ֗קֶר
baboker
“in the morning”
- Transliteration
- ba-BO-ker
- Extended
- bah-BOH-kehr
- IPA
- /bab.ˈboː.qɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the morning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-BO-ker
- clause
va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker va-yik-RA le-KHOL-a-va-DAV va-ye-da-BER et-khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le be-oz-NEI-hem
- sentence
va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker va-yik-RA le-KHOL-a-va-DAV va-ye-da-BER et-khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le be-oz-NEI-hem va-yir-U ha-a-na-SHIM me-OD
Exegesis
The temporal phrase babboker {בַּבֹּקֶר | babbōqer} ‘in the morning’ situates the actions shortly after sunrise.
In context — Genesis 20:8
Abimelech rose early in the morning, summoned all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears . And the men were very much afraid.
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 20:8, so the Hebrew word בַּבֹּ֗קֶר (baboker) 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.20.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.8.W3.S1) and character.