Genesis 21:29:2Gen.21.29.W2TAB
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ
avimelekh
“Abimelech”
- Transliteration
- a-vi-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ah-vee-MEH-lekh
- IPA
- /ʔă.viː.ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abimelech
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vi-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM MA HE-na SHE-va ke-va-SOT ha-EL-leh a-SHER hi-TSAV-ta le-vad-da-NAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative preterite vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ followed by the subject Avimelekh {אֲבִימֶלֶךְ | ʾă-vî-me-lekh} ‘Abimelech.’
Root and etymology
m-w-lmem–vav–lamed
“to circumcise, cut around”
In context — Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the significance of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 21:29, so the Hebrew word אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ (avimelekh) 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.21.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.29.W2.S1) and character.