Genesis 21:16:14Gen.21.16.W14TAB
מִנֶּ֔גֶד
minneged
“opposite”
- Transliteration
- min-NE-ged
- Extended
- mihn-NEH-gehd
- IPA
- /min.ˈnɛ.ɣɛð/
Meaning by language
- English
- opposite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
min-NE-ged
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-shev min-NE-ged
- clause
va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
- sentence
va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
Exegesis
The spatial expression mineged {מִנֶּגֶד | min-ne-ḡeḏ} ‘opposite’ combined with harcheq {הַרְחֵק | har-ḥêq} ‘at a distance’ and the simile kimtachavei qeshet {כִּמְטַחֲוֵי קֶשֶׁת | kim-ta-ḥă-wê qe-šeṯ} ‘like the range of a bow’ creates a vivid spatial frame.
The repetition of vateishev mineged {וַתֵּשֶׁב מִנֶּגֶד | wat-tê-šeḇ min-ne-ḡeḏ} ‘and she sat opposite’ reinforces her fixed position.
In context — Genesis 21:16
She went and sat down by herself, opposite, at a distance like the range of a bow, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy .” And she sat opposite and lifted her voice and wept.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word מִנֶּ֔גֶד (minneged) 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.21.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W14.S1) and character.