Genesis 38:21:9Gen.38.21.W9TAB
עַל־הַדָּ֑רֶךְ
alhaddarekh
“by the road”
- Transliteration
- al-had-DA-rekh
- Extended
- ahl-hahd-DAA-rehkh
- IPA
- /ʕal.had.ˈdaː.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the road
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-had-DA-rekh
- clause
va-yish-AL et-an-SHEI me-ko-MAH le-MOR ai-YEH hak-ke-de-SHA HI va-ei-NA-yim al-had-DA-rekh
- sentence
va-yish-AL et-an-SHEI me-ko-MAH le-MOR ai-YEH hak-ke-de-SHA HI va-ei-NA-yim al-had-DA-rekh va-yom-RU lo-ha-ye-TA va-ZEH ke-de-SHA
Exegesis
The clause hi baenayim al hadarekh {הִ֥וא בָעֵינַ֖יִם עַל־הַדָּ֑רֶךְ | hîʾ ḇāʿênayim ʿal-haddāreḵ} identifies her by location at Enaim beside the road.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hAyin–Lamed–Heh
“to go up, ascend”
In context — Genesis 38:21
And he asked the men of her place , “Where is the sacred prostitute who was at Enaim on the road?” And they said, “There has not been any sacred prostitute here.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 38:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַדָּ֑רֶךְ (alhaddarekh) 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.38.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.21.W9.S1) and character.