Genesis 26:21:5Gen.26.21.W5TAB
גַּם־עָלֶ֑יהָ
gamaleha
“also over it”
- Transliteration
- gam-a-LE-ha
- Extended
- gahm-ah-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /ɡam.ʕaː.ˈleː.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- also over it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
gam-a-LE-ha
- clause
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha
- sentence
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
Exegesis
The adverb gam {גַּם | gam} combined with aleha {עָלֶיהָ | ʿālêhā} “over it” underscores that dispute recurs concerning this new well.
In context — Genesis 26:21
They dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah .
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 26:21, so the Hebrew word גַּם־עָלֶ֑יהָ (gamaleha) 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.26.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.21.W5.S1) and character.