Genesis 43:21:5Gen.43.21.W5TAB
אֶת־אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּ
etamtekhoteinu
“our sacks”
- Transliteration
- et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu
- Extended
- eht-am-teh-khoh-TEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.ʔam.tə.ħo.ˈθeː.nu/
Meaning by language
- English
- our sacks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO va-NA-shev o-TO be-ya-DE-nu
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vaniftecha {וַֽנִּפְתְּחָה֙ | wan-nip-te-ḥāh} propels the action “and we opened,” highlighting et-amtechotenu {אֶת־אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּ | ʾeṯ-ʾam-tə-ḥō-ṯê-nû} as the definite object.
Root and etymology
m-t-ḥmem–tav–chet
“to stretch out”
In context — Genesis 43:21
And it happened that when we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s silver was in the mouth of his sack—our silver in its weight ; so we brought it back in our hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 43:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּ (etamtekhoteinu) 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.43.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.21.W5.S1) and character.