Genesis 21:12:7Gen.21.12.W7TAB
וְעַל־אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ
vealamatekha
“and because of your slave woman”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-a-ma-TE-kha
- Extended
- veh-ahl-ah-mah-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /və.ʕal.ʔă.maː.ˈθɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and because of your slave woman
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-a-ma-TE-kha
- 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.
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 21:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:12, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (vealamatekha) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.12.W7.S1) and character.