Genesis 21:12:6Gen.21.12.W6TAB
עַל־הַנַּ֣עַר
alhanaar
“because of the boy”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-NA-ar
- Extended
- ahl-hah-NAH-ahr
- IPA
- /ʕal.han.ˈna.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of the boy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-NA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-NA-ar ve-al-a-ma-TE-kha
- clause
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM al-ye-RA be-ei-NE-kha al-ha-NA-ar ve-al-a-ma-TE-kha KOL a-SHER to-MAR e-LE-kha sa-RA she-MA be-ko-LAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM al-ye-RA be-ei-NE-kha al-ha-NA-ar ve-al-a-ma-TE-kha KOL a-SHER to-MAR e-LE-kha sa-RA she-MA be-ko-LAH KI ve-yits-KHAK yik-ka-RE le-KHA ZA-ra
Exegesis
Two parallel phrases, al hana'ar {עַל־הַנַּעַר | ʿal hannāʿar} and ve'al amate'kha {וְעַל־אֲמָתֶךָ | wəʿal ʾămāteḵā}, specify the boy and the servant woman.
Root and etymology
נ־ע־ר
“youth, young one”
In context — Genesis 21:12
And God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your eyes concerning the boy or your slave woman. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac your offspring shall be called.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 21:12, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַנַּ֣עַר (alhanaar) 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.21.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.12.W6.S1) and character.