Genesis 43:21:8Gen.43.21.W8TAB
בְּפִ֣י
befi
“in the mouth of”
- Transliteration
- be-FI
- Extended
- beh-FEE
- IPA
- /bə.ˈfiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the mouth of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-FI
- phraseyour reading level
be-FI am-takh-TO
- 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 construct kesef-ish {כֶֽסֶף־אִישׁ֙ | ke-sep̄-ʾîš} with be-pi amtachto {בְּפִ֣י אַמְתַּחְתּ֔וֹ | bə-pî ʾam-taḥ-tô} precisely localizes “each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.”
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 43:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 43:21, so the Hebrew word בְּפִ֣י (befi) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.21.W8.S1) and character.