Genesis 36:13:3Gen.36.13.W3TAB
רְעוּאֵ֔ל
reuel
“Reuel”
- Transliteration
- re-u-EL
- Extended
- reh-oo-EHL
- IPA
- /rə.ʕuː.ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Reuel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-u-EL
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI re-u-EL
- 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
This is immediately followed by the construct chain benei reuel {בְּנֵי רְעוּאֵל | bə-nê rə-ʿû-ʾēl} ‘sons of Reuel’, which syntactically establishes Reuel as the father of the following list of names. The four names (Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah) are coordinated by waw in typical Hebrew list style, with no verb inside the first clause; the nominal clause “these are the sons of Reuel” is understood from context.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hResh–Ayin–Heh
“to associate, befriend, shepherd”
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 36:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 36:13, so the Hebrew word רְעוּאֵ֔ל (reuel) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.13.W3.S1) and character.