Genesis 27:39:1Gen.27.39.W1TAB
וַיַּ֛עַן
vayaan
“{And he} answered”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-an
- Extended
- vah-YAH-ahn
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈja.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And he} answered
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-an
- clause
va-YA-an yits-KHAK a-VIV va-YO-mer e-LAV
- sentence
va-YA-an yits-KHAK a-VIV va-YO-mer e-LAV hin-NE mish-ma-NE ha-A-rets yih-YE mo-sha-VE-kha u-mit-TAL ha-sha-MA-yim me-AL
Exegesis
The verse begins with two Qal wayyiqtol verbs, vayaan {וַיַּ֛עַן | way-yaʿan} ‘and he answered’ and vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ introducing Isaac’s response.
Root and etymology
ע־נ־ה
“to answer, respond”
In context — Genesis 27:39
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold , away from the fatness of the earth shall be your dwelling, and away from the dew of the heavens from above.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 27:39, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֛עַן (vayaan) 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.27.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.39.W1.S1) and character.