Genesis 48:16:8Gen.48.16.W8TAB

בָהֶם֙

vahem

in them

Transliteration
va-HEM
Extended
vah-HEHM
IPA
/va.ˈhɛm/

Meaning by language

English
in them

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Result
בָ + הֶם֙
va + hem
vahem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM

  3. clause

    ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK

  4. sentence

    ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK ve-yid-GU la-ROV be-KE-rev ha-A-rets

Exegesis

The Niphal jussive veyikkare bahem {וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם | wə-yiq-qā-rēʾ bā-hem} conveys covenantal naming, joining shemi veshem avotai {שְׁמִי וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי | šə-mî wə-šēm ʾă-ḇō-ṯay} in a compact construct chain.

In contextGenesis 48:16

The angel who has redeemed me from all evil—may He bless these young men. May my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, abide with them, and may they multiply abundantly in the midst of the land.

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 48:16, so the Hebrew word בָהֶם֙ (vahem) 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.48.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.16.W8.S1) and character.