Genesis 33:13:9Gen.33.13.W9TAB
עָל֣וֹת
alot
“are nursing”
- Transliteration
- a-LOT
- Extended
- ah-LOHT
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈloːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- are nursing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
a-LOT
- phraseyour reading level
a-LOT a-LAI
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV a-do-NI yo-DE-a ki-ha-ye-la-DIM rak-KIM ve-ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR a-LOT a-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV a-do-NI yo-DE-a ki-ha-ye-la-DIM rak-KIM ve-ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR a-LOT a-LAI u-de-fa-KUM YOM e-KHAD va-ME-tu kol-ha-TSON
Exegesis
The coordinated noun phrase ha-ṣōn wə-habbāqār {הַצֹּאן וְהַבָּקָר | haṣṣōn wə-habbāqār} ‘the flock and cattle’ is modified by the participle ʿālōt {עָלוֹת | ʿālōt} ‘nursing’ and the prepositional phrase ʿalāy {עָלָי | ʿālāy} ‘upon me’, underscoring Jacob’s custodianship.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hayin–lamed–heh
“to go up, to rise,”
In context — Genesis 33:13
And he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are vulnerable , and the flock and cattle nursing are in my care; if they are pressed hard for even one day, then the entire flock will die.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 33:13, so the Hebrew word עָל֣וֹת (alot) 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.33.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.13.W9.S1) and character.