Genesis 39:8:1Gen.39.8.W1TAB
וַיְמָאֵ֓ן
vayemaen
“he refused”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ma-EN
- Extended
- vah-yeh-maa-EHN
- IPA
- /wa.jə.maˈʔeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- he refused
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ma-EN
- clause
va-ye-ma-EN va-yo-MER el-E-shet a-do-NAV HEN a-do-NI lo-ya-DA i-TI ma-ba-BA-yit
- sentence
va-ye-ma-EN va-yo-MER el-E-shet a-do-NAV HEN a-do-NI lo-ya-DA i-TI ma-ba-BA-yit ve-KHOL a-sher-yesh-LO na-TAN be-ya-DI
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayemaen {וַיְמָאֵ֓ן | way-mā-ʾēn} “and he refused,” a Piel vav-consecutive form that continues the narrative sequence while highlighting Joseph’s decisive refusal of the proposition.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–aleph–nun
“to refuse, reject”
In context — Genesis 39:8
But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Behold, my master does not know, with me, what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְמָאֵ֓ן (vayemaen) 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.39.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.8.W1.S1) and character.