Genesis 28:2:4Gen.28.2.W4TAB
אֲרָ֔ם
aram
“Aram”
- Transliteration
- a-RAM
- Extended
- ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Aram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
pa-DE-na a-RAM
- clause
KUM LEKH pa-DE-na a-RAM BEI-ta ve-tu-EL a-VI im-ME-kha
- sentence
KUM LEKH pa-DE-na a-RAM BEI-ta ve-tu-EL a-VI im-ME-kha ve-kakh-le-KHA mi-SHAM i-SHA mib-be-NOT la-VAN a-KHI im-ME-kha
Exegesis
The destination is encoded in paddenah aram {פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֔ם | pad-de-nāh ʾă-rām}, a compound place-name combining the locative he with Paddan and the region Aram.
In context — Genesis 28:2
Get up and proceed to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and take for yourself a wife from there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother .
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 28:2, so the Hebrew word אֲרָ֔ם (aram) 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.28.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.2.W4.S1) and character.