Genesis 27:39:9Gen.27.39.W9TAB
יִהְיֶ֣ה
yihye
“shall be”
- Transliteration
- yih-YE
- Extended
- yih-YEH
- IPA
- /jih.ˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yih-YE
- phraseyour reading level
yih-YE mo-sha-VE-kha
- clause
hin-NE mish-ma-NE ha-A-rets yih-YE mo-sha-VE-kha u-mit-TAL ha-sha-MA-yim me-AL
- 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 verb yihyeh {יִהְיֶ֣ה | yih-yeh} ‘will be’ links to moshavekha {מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ | mô-šā-ḇe-kā} ‘your dwelling’ as the subject, establishing the locus of Esau’s inheritance.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be, to exist”
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 27:39:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 27:39, so the Hebrew word יִהְיֶ֣ה (yihye) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.39.W9.S1) and character.