Genesis 21:10:2Gen.21.10.W2TAB
לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם
leavraham
“to Abraham”
- Transliteration
- le-av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- leh-av-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /lə.ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-av-ra-HAM
- clause
va-TO-mer le-av-ra-HAM ga-RESH ha-a-MA ha-ZOT ve-et-be-NAH
- 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 prepositional phrase le-Avraham {לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם | lə-ʾaḇ-rā-hām} ‘to Abraham’ specifies the addressee.
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 21:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 21:10, so the Hebrew word לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם (leavraham) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.10.W2.S1) and character.