Genesis 29:21:10Gen.29.21.W10TAB
אֵלֶֽיהָ׃
eleha
“to her”
- Transliteration
- e-LE-ha
- Extended
- eh-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LE-ha
- clause
ve-a-VO-a e-LE-ha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI ve-a-VO-a e-LE-ha
Exegesis
The final clause ve-avoah eleha {וְאָבוֹאָה אֵלֶיהָ | wə-ʾā-ḇō-ʾāh ʾê-lê-hā} literally ‘and I will go in to her’ uses a conventional Hebrew euphemism for marital consummation. The translation preserves the request–reason–purpose structure while rendering the euphemism in an accessible form.
In context — Genesis 29:21
Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife , because my time is fulfilled , so that I may go in to her.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 29:21, so the Hebrew word אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ (eleha) 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.29.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.21.W10.S1) and character.