Genesis 29:2:4Gen.29.2.W4TAB

בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה

basade

in the field

Transliteration
ba-sa-DE
Extended
bah-sah-DEH
IPA
/ba.saˈdɛ/

Meaning by language

English
in the field

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Result
בַּ + שָּׂ + דֶ֗ה
ba + sa + de
basade

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-sa-DE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-hin-NE ve-ER ba-sa-DE

  3. clause

    va-YAR ve-hin-NE ve-ER ba-sa-DE ve-hin-neh-SHAM she-lo-SHA ed-rei-TSON rov-TSIM a-LE-ha KI min-ha-be-ER ha-HI yash-KU ha-a-da-RIM

  4. sentence

    va-YAR ve-hin-NE ve-ER ba-sa-DE ve-hin-neh-SHAM she-lo-SHA ed-rei-TSON rov-TSIM a-LE-ha KI min-ha-be-ER ha-HI yash-KU ha-a-da-RIM ve-ha-E-ven ge-do-LA al-PI ha-be-ER

Exegesis

The phrase be’er bassadeh {בְאֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה | bəʾēr bassāḏeh} ‘a well in the field’ is a simple locative expression.

In contextGenesis 29:2

He looked and saw a well in the field, with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks drank from that well. A large stone covered the mouth of the well.

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 29:2, so the Hebrew word בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה (basade) 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.29.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.2.W4.S1) and character.