Genesis 44:1:6Gen.44.1.W6TAB
אֶת־אַמְתְּחֹ֤ת
etamtekhot
“the sacks of”
- Transliteration
- et-am-te-KHOT
- Extended
- eht-ahm-teh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔam.tə.ˈħoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sacks of
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-am-te-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
et-am-te-KHOT ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-ye-TSAV et-a-SHER al-bei-TO le-MOR mal-LE et-am-te-KHOT ha-a-na-SHIM O-khel ka-a-SHER yukh-LUN se-ET
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV et-a-SHER al-bei-TO le-MOR mal-LE et-am-te-KHOT ha-a-na-SHIM O-khel ka-a-SHER yukh-LUN se-ET ve-SIM ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO
Exegesis
The Piel imperative mallēʾ {מַלֵּא | mallēʾ} takes the direct object marker et and the plural noun amtechot ha’anashim {אַמְתְּחֹת הָאֲנָשִׁים | ʾamtəḥōṯ hāʾănāšîm} followed by the noun ochel {אֹכֶל | ʾōḵel}, yielding “fill the men’s sacks with food.”
Root and etymology
Rootmem–tav–chet
“sack, bag”
In context — Genesis 44:1
And he commanded the one over his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food as much as they are able to carry, and put the silver of each man in the mouth of his sack.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 44:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 44:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אַמְתְּחֹ֤ת (etamtekhot) 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.44.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.1.W6.S1) and character.