Genesis 45:2:8Gen.45.2.W8TAB
פַּרְעֹֽה׃
paro
“Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- par-O
- Extended
- pahr-OH
- IPA
- /parˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Pharaoh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
par-O
- phraseyour reading level
BEIT par-O
- clause
va-yish-me-U mits-RA-yim va-yish-MA BEIT par-O
- sentence
va-yit-TEN et-ko-LO biv-KHI va-yish-me-U mits-RA-yim va-yish-MA BEIT par-O
Exegesis
The final clause, vayishma beit parʿoh {וַיִּשְׁמַע בֵּית פַּרְעֹה | way-yish-maʿ bêṯ par-ʿōh}, shifts to a singular verb with the construct phrase “house of Pharaoh,” highlighting the royal household’s distinct awareness. The repetition of the root š-m-ʿ in vayishmeʿu and vayishma creates a rhetorical echo that underscores the reverberation of Joseph’s lament from the masses to the palace. English renderings capture both the verbal idiom and emotional intensity by using phrases like “raised his voice in weeping” and “broke down weeping so loudly.”
Root and etymology
Rootpe-resh-ayin
“great house; royal title”
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 45:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 45:2, so the Hebrew word פַּרְעֹֽה׃ (paro) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.2.W8.S1) and character.