Genesis 21:28:5Gen.21.28.W5TAB
הַצֹּ֖אן
hatson
“flock”
- Transliteration
- ha-TSON
- Extended
- hah-TSOHN
- IPA
- /hat.ˈtsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- flock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-TSON
- phraseyour reading level
kiv-SOT ha-TSON
- sentence
va-yat-TSEV av-ra-HAM et-SHE-va kiv-SOT ha-TSON le-vad-de-HEN
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks the subsequent noun phrase as a direct object, which is a construct chain sheva kivsot hatson {שֶׁבַע כִּבְשֹׂת הַצֹּאן | še-ḇaʿ kib-śōṯ ha-ṣ-ṣōʾn} ‘seven ewe lambs of the flock’.
Root and etymology
ṣ-ʾ-nTsade-Aleph-Nun
“small livestock, flock”
In context — Genesis 21:28
Abraham designated seven ewe lambs from the flock to stand apart.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 21:28, so the Hebrew word הַצֹּ֖אן (hatson) 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.21.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.28.W5.S1) and character.