Genesis 39:19:3Gen.39.19.W3TAB
אֲדֹנָ֜יו
adonav
“his master”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAV
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAAV
- IPA
- /ʔăðoˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his master
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-do-NAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV
- clause
va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO a-SHER dib-be-RA e-LAV le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SA LI a-ve-DE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO a-SHER dib-be-RA e-LAV le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SA LI a-ve-DE-kha va-yi-KHAR ap-PO
Exegesis
The temporal clause kishmoa {כִשְׁמֹעַ | kiš-mō-ʿa} ‘when he heard’ uses a preposition + infinitive construct governing its logical subject adonav {אֲדֹנָיו | ʾă-ḏō-nāw} ‘his master’.
In context — Genesis 39:19
And it happened when his master heard the words his wife spoke to him, saying, “According to these things your servant did to me,” his anger burned.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 39:19, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֜יו (adonav) 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.39.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.19.W3.S1) and character.