Genesis 39:18:7Gen.39.18.W7TAB
אֶצְלִ֖י
etsli
“beside me”
- Transliteration
- ets-LI
- Extended
- ehts-LEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛts.ˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- beside me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ets-LI
- clause
va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO ets-LI va-YA-nos ha-khu-TSA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI va-ek-RA va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO ets-LI va-YA-nos ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The phrase bigdo etsli {בִּגְד֛וֹ אֶצְלִ֖י | big-dô ʾeṣ-lî} ‘his garment beside me’ highlights the garment as physical evidence, and hachutsah {הַחֽוּצָה׃ | ha-ḥû-ṣāh} ‘outside’ completes the motion with a directional contrast between interior and exterior spaces.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ṣ-laleph–tsade–lamed
“side, proximity”
In context — Genesis 39:18
And it happened, as I lifted up my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 39:18, so the Hebrew word אֶצְלִ֖י (etsli) 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.39.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.18.W7.S1) and character.