Genesis 39:1:7Gen.39.1.W7TAB
פַּרְעֹ֜ה
pareo
“Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- pa-re-O
- Extended
- pah-reh-OH
- IPA
- /pa.rəˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Pharaoh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
pa-re-O
- phraseyour reading level
po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O
- 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
Potiphar’s identity is defined through apposition: potifar {פּוֹטִיפַר | pō-ṭî-par}, seris paroh {סְרִיס פַּרְעֹה | sə-rîs par-ʿōh} ‘official of Pharaoh’, sar hattabbakhim {שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים | śar ha-ṭab-bā-ḥîm} ‘chief of the guards/executioners’, and ish mitsri {אִישׁ מִצְרִי | ʾîš miṣ-rî} ‘an Egyptian man’.
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 39:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 39:1, so the Hebrew word פַּרְעֹ֜ה (pareo) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.1.W7.S1) and character.