Genesis 43:21:9Gen.43.21.W9TAB
אַמְתַּחְתּ֔וֹ
amtakhto
“his sack”
- Transliteration
- am-takh-TO
- Extended
- am-tahkh-TOH
- IPA
- /ʔam.taħ.ˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his sack
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
am-takh-TO
- 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.”
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 43:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 43:21, so the Hebrew word אַמְתַּחְתּ֔וֹ (amtakhto) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.21.W9.S1) and character.