Genesis 45:2:3Gen.45.2.W3TAB
בִּבְכִ֑י
bivkhi
“while weeping”
- Transliteration
- biv-KHI
- Extended
- biv-KHEE
- IPA
- /bivˈxiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- while weeping
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
biv-KHI
- clause
va-yit-TEN et-ko-LO biv-KHI
- sentence
va-yit-TEN et-ko-LO biv-KHI va-yish-me-U mits-RA-yim va-yish-MA BEIT par-O
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol verb vayitten {וַיִּתֵּן | way-yit-tēn} “and he gave” followed by the object phrase et kolo {אֶת־קֹלוֹ | ʾeṯ qō-lô}, forming the idiom “to give one’s voice,” here specified by the prepositional phrase bivkhi {בִּבְכִי | biv-kî} ‘in weeping,’ which conveys an intense emotional outburst.
In context — Genesis 45:2
And he raised his voice in weeping , and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
About this coordinate
Genesis 45:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 45:2, so the Hebrew word בִּבְכִ֑י (bivkhi) 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.45.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.2.W3.S1) and character.