Genesis 36:21:6Gen.36.21.W6TAB
הַחֹרִ֛י
hakhori
“the Horite”
- Transliteration
- ha-kho-RI
- Extended
- hah-khoh-REE
- IPA
- /ha.ħoː.ˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Horite
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-kho-RI
- phraseyour reading level
EL-leh al-lu-FEI ha-kho-RI
- clause
EL-leh al-lu-FEI ha-kho-RI be-NEI se-IR be-E-rets e-DOM
- sentence
ve-di-SHON ve-E-tser ve-di-SHAN EL-leh al-lu-FEI ha-kho-RI be-NEI se-IR be-E-rets e-DOM
Exegesis
This is followed by allufei {אַלּוּפֵי | ʾal-lû-p̄ê} in construct with hachori {הַחֹרִי | ha-ḥō-rî}, yielding “chiefs of the Horite,” where the singular gentilic stands for the Horite people as a group.
Root and etymology
ḥ-w-rChet–Vav–Resh
“hole, cavity”
In context — Genesis 36:21
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan—these were the chiefs of the Horites , the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 36:21, so the Hebrew word הַחֹרִ֛י (hakhori) 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.36.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.21.W6.S1) and character.