Genesis 46:1:7Gen.46.1.W7TAB
וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח
vayizbakh
“he offered”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-BAKH
- Extended
- vah-yiz-BAHKH
- IPA
- /waj.jiz.ˈbaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he offered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiz-BAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiz-BAKH ze-va-KHIM
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH ze-va-KHIM le-lo-HEI a-VIV yits-KHAK
- sentence
va-yis-SA yis-ra-EL ve-khol-a-sher-LO va-ya-VO be-ER-a SHA-va va-yiz-BAKH ze-va-KHIM le-lo-HEI a-VIV yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The subsequent wayyiqtol vayyizbach {וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח | way-yiz-baḥ} ‘and he offered’ introduces the cultic action with zevachim {זְבָחִים | zə-ḇā-ḥîm} as its object.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter for sacrifice”
In context — Genesis 46:1
So Israel started out with everything that was his, and he came to Beersheba; there he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
About this coordinate
Genesis 46:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 46:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח (vayizbakh) 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.46.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.1.W7.S1) and character.