Genesis 29:21:4Gen.29.21.W4TAB
הָבָ֣ה
hava
“give”
- Transliteration
- ha-VA
- Extended
- hah-VAA
- IPA
- /haːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- give
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-VA et-ish-TI
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI
- 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 imperative havah {הָבָה | hā-ḇāh} ‘give’ conveys an urgent request, and the direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} introduces ishti {אִשְׁתִּי | ʾiš-tî} ‘my wife’, foregrounding the relationship at issue.
Root and etymology
ʾ-h-b
“to love”
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 29:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 29:21, so the Hebrew word הָבָ֣ה (hava) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.21.W4.S1) and character.