Genesis 21:10:6Gen.21.10.W6TAB
וְאֶת־בְּנָ֑הּ
veetbenah
“and her son”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-be-NAH
- Extended
- veh-eht-beh-NAAH
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛθ.bə.ˈnaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and her son
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-be-NAH
- 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 coordinated object ve-et-bena {וְאֶת־בְּנָ֑הּ | wə-ʾeṯ-bə-nāh} ‘and her son’ marks both for expulsion.
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 21:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 21:10, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בְּנָ֑הּ (veetbenah) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.10.W6.S1) and character.