Genesis 21:15:8Gen.21.15.W8TAB
הַשִּׂיחִֽם׃
hasikhim
“bushes”
- Transliteration
- ha-si-KHIM
- Extended
- hah-see-KHIHM
- IPA
- /has.siː.ˈħim/
Meaning by language
- English
- bushes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-si-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHAD ha-si-KHIM
- clause
va-tash-LEKH et-ha-YE-led TA-khat a-KHAD ha-si-KHIM
- sentence
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim min-ha-KHE-met va-tash-LEKH et-ha-YE-led TA-khat a-KHAD ha-si-KHIM
Exegesis
The phrase takhat akhad hassikhim {תַּ֖חַת אַחַ֥ד הַשִּׂיחִֽם | ta-ḥat a-ḥad ha-si-khim} “under one of the bushes” situates the boy beneath a particular shrub, and is rendered in English as a spatial clause to preserve narrative immediacy and the emotional intensity of Hagar’s dire choice.
Root and etymology
s-y-ḥ
“shrub, thicket”
In context — Genesis 21:15
When the water was gone from the skin , she put the boy under one of the bushes.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 21:15, so the Hebrew word הַשִּׂיחִֽם׃ (hasikhim) 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.21.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.15.W8.S1) and character.