Genesis 25:6:8Gen.25.6.W8TAB
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם
vayeshallekhem
“{And} he sent them away”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-shal-le-KHEM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shahl-leh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /waj.ʃal.lə.ˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he sent them away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-shal-le-KHEM
- clause
va-ye-shal-le-KHEM me-AL yits-KHAK be-NO be-o-DE-nu KHAI KED-ma el-E-rets KE-dem
- sentence
ve-liv-NEI ha-pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER le-av-ra-HAM na-TAN av-ra-HAM mat-ta-NOT va-ye-shal-le-KHEM me-AL yits-KHAK be-NO be-o-DE-nu KHAI KED-ma el-E-rets KE-dem
Exegesis
The narrative then moves by way of vav-consecutive to va-yeshalkhem {וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם | way-šal-lə-ḥêm} ‘and he sent them away’, with the pronominal suffix picking up the sons.
In context — Genesis 25:6
But to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts . Then he sent them away from his son Isaac while he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 25:6, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם (vayeshallekhem) 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.25.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.6.W8.S1) and character.