Genesis 39:17:9Gen.39.17.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הֵבֵ֥אתָ
asherheveta
“whom you brought”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-he-VE-ta
- Extended
- ah-shehr-heh-VEH-tah
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.heː.ˈveː.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom you brought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-he-VE-ta
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-he-VE-ta la-NU
- clause
ba-e-LAI ha-E-ved ha-iv-RI a-sher-he-VE-ta la-NU le-TSA-khek BI
- sentence
va-te-dab-BER e-LAV kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le le-MOR ba-e-LAI ha-E-ved ha-iv-RI a-sher-he-VE-ta la-NU le-TSA-khek BI
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-heveta lanu {אֲשֶׁר־הֵבֵאתָ לָּנוּ | ʾă-šer-hē-ḇē-ʾe-ṯā lā-nû} highlights the husband’s responsibility for the servant’s presence.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–resh
“ruler, prince”
In context — Genesis 39:17
And she spoke to him with these words , saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came to me to mock me .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 39:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הֵבֵ֥אתָ (asherheveta) 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.39.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.17.W9.S1) and character.