Genesis 39:22:9Gen.39.22.W9TAB
הַסֹּ֑הַר
hasohar
“the prison”
- Transliteration
- ha-SO-har
- Extended
- hah-SOH-hahr
- IPA
- /haˈsso.har/
Meaning by language
- English
- the prison
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SO-har
- phraseyour reading level
be-VEIT ha-SO-har
- clause
va-yit-TEN SAR beit-ha-SO-har be-yad-yo-SEF ET KOL-ha-a-si-RIM a-SHER be-VEIT ha-SO-har
- sentence
va-yit-TEN SAR beit-ha-SO-har be-yad-yo-SEF ET KOL-ha-a-si-RIM a-SHER be-VEIT ha-SO-har ve-ET KOL-a-SHER o-SIM SHAM HU ha-YA o-SE
Exegesis
The subject appears in the construct chain sar beit-hasohar {שַׂר בֵּית־הַסֹּהַר | śar bêt-hassōhar} ‘chief of the house of the prison,’ where the noun construct beit-hasohar locates his office.
Root and etymology
s-h-rsamekh–heh–resh
“to enclose, to confine”
In context — Genesis 39:22
And the chief of the house of the prison placed all the prisoners who were in the prison into the hand of Joseph; and whatever was done there, he was the one doing it.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 39:22, so the Hebrew word הַסֹּ֑הַר (hasohar) 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.39.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.22.W9.S1) and character.