Genesis 49:1:5Gen.49.1.W5TAB
הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙
heasfu
“gather yourselves”
- Transliteration
- he-as-FU
- Extended
- heh-ahs-FOO
- IPA
- /heː.ʔaːsˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- gather yourselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-as-FU
- clause
va-YO-mer he-as-FU ve-ag-GI-da la-KHEM ET a-sher-yik-RA et-KHEM be-a-kha-RIT ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
va-yik-RA ya-a-KOV el-ba-NAV va-YO-mer he-as-FU ve-ag-GI-da la-KHEM ET a-sher-yik-RA et-KHEM be-a-kha-RIT ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
Within the speech, the Niphal imperative heasfu {הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ | hēʾāsəp̄û} ‘be gathered’ carries a reflexive and collective nuance, functioning as a call for formal assembly.
In context — Genesis 49:1
Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the end of the days .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 49:1, so the Hebrew word הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ (heasfu) 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.49.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.1.W5.S1) and character.