Genesis 21:10:10Gen.21.10.W10TAB
בֶּן־הָאָמָ֣ה
benhaama
“son of the slave woman”
- Transliteration
- ben-ha-a-MA
- Extended
- behn-hah-ah-MAA
- IPA
- /bɛn.haː.ʔaː.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of the slave woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ben-ha-a-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ben-ha-a-MA ha-ZOT
- clause
KI LO yi-RASH ben-ha-a-MA ha-ZOT im-be-NI im-yits-KHAK
- sentence
va-TO-mer le-av-ra-HAM ga-RESH ha-a-MA ha-ZOT ve-et-be-NAH KI LO yi-RASH ben-ha-a-MA ha-ZOT im-be-NI im-yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The phrase ben-ha-amah hazot {בֶּן־הָאָמָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את | ben-hā-ʾā-māh haz-zōṯ} ‘son of this maidservant’ repeats the disparagement, omitting the child’s name.
Root and etymology
b-n-hbet–nun–heh
“to build, establish”
In context — Genesis 21:10
So she said to Abraham, “Drive out the maidservant —this one—and her son, for the son of this maidservant will not inherit together with my son, with Isaac.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 21:10, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־הָאָמָ֣ה (benhaama) 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.21.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.10.W10.S1) and character.