Genesis 39:20:3Gen.39.20.W3TAB
יוֹסֵ֜ף
yosef
“Joseph”
- Transliteration
- yo-SEF
- Extended
- yoh-SEHF
- IPA
- /joː.ˈseːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- Joseph
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM va-ye-hi-SHAM be-VEIT ha-SO-har
Exegesis
The subject phrase ʾadonei Yosef {אֲדֹנֵי יוֹסֵף | ʾă-dō-nê yô-sēf} is a construct chain meaning ‘master of Joseph,’ foregrounding Joseph as the object of the master’s decision.
Root and etymology
y-s-fyod–samekh–pe
“to add, increase”
In context — Genesis 39:20
And the master of Joseph took him and put him into the house of the prison , the place where the king’s prisoners were bound. And he was there in the house of the prison.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 39:20, so the Hebrew word יוֹסֵ֜ף (yosef) 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.39.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.20.W3.S1) and character.