Genesis 39:5:9Gen.39.5.W9TAB
וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ
vayevarekh
“blessed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-VA-rekh
- Extended
- vah-yeh-VAA-rehkh
- IPA
- /wajəˈvaː.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- blessed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-VA-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI me-AZ hif-KID o-TO be-vei-TO ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mits-RI big-LAL yo-SEF
- sentence
va-ye-HI me-AZ hif-KID o-TO be-vei-TO ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mits-RI big-LAL yo-SEF va-ye-HI bir-KAT Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL-a-SHER yesh-LO ba-BA-yit u-va-sa-DE
Exegesis
The second wayyiqtol vayevarekh YHWH {וַיְבָרֶךְ יְהוָה | way-ḇā-reḵ Yə-hō-wāh} introduces the resultant action, with the direct object et bêṯ ham-miṣ-rî {אֶת־בֵּ֥ית הַמִּצְרִ֖י} “the house of the Egyptian” and biglal Yosef {בִּגְלַל יוֹסֵף | big-lāl yô-sēf} indicating the causal reason.
Root and etymology
b-r-khbet–resh–kaf
“to bless, endue with success”
In context — Genesis 39:5
And it came to pass, from the time he appointed him over his house and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 39:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ (vayevarekh) 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.39.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.5.W9.S1) and character.