Genesis 39:1:4Gen.39.1.W4TAB
וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּ
vayiknehu
“bought him”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-NE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yik-NEH-hoo
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ˈneː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bought him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-NE-hu
- clause
va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yish-me-e-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA
- sentence
ve-yo-SEF hu-RAD mi-tse-RAI-ma va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yish-me-e-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA
Exegesis
The wayyiqtol vayiknehu {וַיִּקְנֵהוּ | way-yiq-nê-hû} ‘and he bought him’ advances the story to Joseph’s transfer.
In context — Genesis 39:1
Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard , an Egyptian man, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 39:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּ (vayiknehu) 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.39.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.1.W4.S1) and character.