Genesis 49:30:3Gen.49.30.W3TAB
בִּשְׂדֵ֧ה
bisde
“in the field”
- Transliteration
- bis-DE
- Extended
- bis-DEH
- IPA
- /bisˈðeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the field
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bis-DE
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER bis-DE ham-makh-pe-LA
- clause
bam-me-a-RA a-SHER bis-DE ham-makh-pe-LA a-SHER al-pe-nei-mam-RE be-E-rets ke-NA-an
- sentence
bam-me-a-RA a-SHER bis-DE ham-makh-pe-LA a-SHER al-pe-nei-mam-RE be-E-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER ka-NA av-ra-HAM et-has-sa-DE me-ET ef-RON ha-khit-TI la-a-khu-ZAT-ka-ver
Exegesis
The construct bisdeh hamachpelah {בִּשְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה | bis-śə-ḏê ham-maḵ-pê-lāh} embeds the cave within a larger estate, and the idiom al-penei Mamre {עַל־פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵא | ʿal-pə-nê-mam-rêʾ} specifies that the field faces Mamre.
Root and etymology
s-d-hshin–dalet–heh
“open field”
In context — Genesis 49:30
In the cave located within the field of Machpelah, before Mamre in the land of Canaan—this is the field that Abraham acquired from Ephron the Hittite as a burial possession .
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 49:30, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׂדֵ֧ה (bisde) 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.49.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.30.W3.S1) and character.