Genesis 30:39:1Gen.30.39.W1TAB
וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ
vayekhemu
“came into heat”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khe-MU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kheh-MOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛ.ħɛ̆.ˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- came into heat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-khe-MU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khe-MU hat-TSON
- clause
va-ye-khe-MU hat-TSON el-ham-ma-ke-LOT
- sentence
va-ye-khe-MU hat-TSON el-ham-ma-ke-LOT vat-te-LAD-na hat-TSON a-ku-DIM ne-ku-DIM u-te-lu-IM
Exegesis
The first clause begins with vayyechemu {וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ | way-ye-ḥĕ-mû} ‘they came into heat’, followed by the subject hatson {הַצֹּאן | haṣ-ṣōn} ‘the flock’ and the prepositional phrase el-ham-maqelot {אֶל־הַמַּקְל֑וֹת | ʾel-ham-maq-lōt} ‘toward the rods’, marking the location of reproductive arousal.
In context — Genesis 30:39
The flock came into heat by the rods , and the flock bore young that were striped, spotted, and mottled.
About this coordinate
Genesis 30:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 30:39, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ (vayekhemu) 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.30.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.39.W1.S1) and character.