Genesis 21:10:3Gen.21.10.W3TAB
גָּרֵ֛שׁ
garesh
“drive out”
- Transliteration
- ga-RESH
- Extended
- gah-REHSH
- IPA
- /gaː.ˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- drive out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-RESH
- 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 Piel imperative garesh {גָּרֵ֛שׁ | gā-rēš} ‘drive out’ issues a forceful legal command.
Root and etymology
g-r-shgimel–resh–shin
“to drive out, expel”
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 21:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 21:10, so the Hebrew word גָּרֵ֛שׁ (garesh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.10.W3.S1) and character.