Genesis 36:13:1Gen.36.13.W1TAB
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙
veelleh
“and these”
- Transliteration
- ve-EL-leh
- Extended
- veh-EHL-leh
- IPA
- /və.ˈʔeːl.lɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and these
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-EL-leh
- clause
ve-EL-leh be-NEI re-u-EL NA-khat va-ZE-rakh sha-MAH u-miz-ZAH
- sentence
ve-EL-leh be-NEI re-u-EL NA-khat va-ZE-rakh sha-MAH u-miz-ZAH EL-leh ha-YU be-NEI bas-MAT E-shet e-SAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with veeleh {וְאֵלֶּה | wə-ʾêl-leh} ‘and these’, a genealogical discourse marker introducing a new subunit within the list of descendants.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-hAleph–Lamed–Heh
“these, those”
In context — Genesis 36:13
And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these were the sons of Basemath , wife of Esau.
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 36:13, so the Hebrew word וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (veelleh) 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.36.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.13.W1.S1) and character.