Genesis 21:26:12Gen.21.26.W12TAB
וְגַ֧ם
vegam
“and also”
- Transliteration
- ve-GAM
- Extended
- veh-GAHM
- IPA
- /wə.ˈɣam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-GAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-GAM a-no-KHI
- clause
ve-gam-a-TA lo-hig-GAD-ta LI ve-GAM a-no-KHI LO sha-MA-e-ti bil-TI ha-YOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh LO ya-DA-e-ti MI a-SA et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH ve-gam-a-TA lo-hig-GAD-ta LI ve-GAM a-no-KHI LO sha-MA-e-ti bil-TI ha-YOM
Exegesis
Two parallel clauses joined by vegam {וְגַם־ | wə-gam} “and also” express “you did not tell me” and “I did not hear,” with the emphatic anokhi {אָנֹכִ֛י | ʾā-nō-khî} enhancing the speaker’s assertion.
In context — Genesis 21:26
And Abimelech said, “I did not know who did this matter ; you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 21:26, so the Hebrew word וְגַ֧ם (vegam) 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.21.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.26.W12.S1) and character.