Genesis 48:4:14Gen.48.4.W14TAB
אֲחֻזַּ֥ת
akhuzat
“a possession”
- Transliteration
- a-khu-ZAT
- Extended
- ah-khoo-ZAHT
- IPA
- /ʔă.ħuˈzat/
Meaning by language
- English
- a possession
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
a-khu-ZAT
- phraseyour reading level
a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAI hi-ne-NI maf-re-KHA ve-hir-bi-TI-kha u-ne-ta-TI-kha lik-HAL a-MIM ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
Exegesis
The cluster lezarʿakha ʾacharekha akhuzat olam {לְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם | ləzarʿăḵā ʾaḥărêḵā ʾăḥuzzat ʿôlām} binds offspring, succession, legal holding, and duration into a tightly packed nominal string, conveying a perpetual, hereditary land grant. In translation, the sequential Hebrew verbs with vav-consecutive are rendered as coordinated future statements to convey the promissory force, and the construct chains are expressed with English prepositional phrases and genitives to preserve their relationships.
In context — Genesis 48:4
And He said to me, “Behold, I will make you fruitful and will multiply you, and I will make you into an assembly of peoples. And I will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 48:4, so the Hebrew word אֲחֻזַּ֥ת (akhuzat) 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.48.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.4.W14.S1) and character.