Genesis 28:4:2Gen.28.4.W2TAB
אֶת־בִּרְכַּ֣ת
etbirkat
“the blessing of”
- Transliteration
- et-bir-KAT
- Extended
- eht-bihr-KAHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.birˈkaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the blessing of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
et-bir-KAT
- phraseyour reading level
et-bir-KAT av-ra-HAM
- clause
ve-yit-ten-le-KHA et-bir-KAT av-ra-HAM le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA it-TAKH
- sentence
ve-yit-ten-le-KHA et-bir-KAT av-ra-HAM le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA it-TAKH le-rish-te-KHA et-E-rets me-gu-RE-kha a-sher-na-TAN e-lo-HIM le-av-ra-HAM
Exegesis
The construct birkat Avraham {בִּרְכַּת אַבְרָהָם | bir-kat ʾav-rā-hām} “blessing of Abraham” identifies the patriarchal promise invoked.
In context — Genesis 28:4
May God grant you the blessing of Abraham—to you and to your descendants with you—so that you may inherit the land where you sojourn, which He gave to Abraham.
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 28:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בִּרְכַּ֣ת (etbirkat) 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.28.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.4.W2.S1) and character.