Genesis 4:3:2Gen.4.3.W2TAB
מִקֵּ֣ץ
mikkets
“at the end of”
- Transliteration
- mik-KETS
- Extended
- mihk-KEHTS
- IPA
- /miq.ˈqeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the end of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-KETS
- phraseyour reading level
mik-KETS ya-MIM
- clause
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM va-ya-VE KA-yin mip-RI ha-a-da-MA min-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The adverbial phrase miqets yamim {מִקֵּ֣ץ יָמִ֑ים | miq-qēṣ yā-mîm} sets an unspecified interval before the main clause.
In context — Genesis 4:3
After many days had passed, Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground as an offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 4:3, so the Hebrew word מִקֵּ֣ץ (mikkets) 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.4.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.3.W2.S1) and character.