Genesis 49:30:6Gen.49.30.W6TAB
עַל־פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵ֖א
alpeneimamre
“before Mamre”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-nei-mam-RE
- Extended
- ahl-peh-nee-mahm-REH
- IPA
- /ʕal.pə.neː.mamˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before Mamre
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-nei-mam-RE
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER al-pe-nei-mam-RE
- 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.
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 49:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 49:30, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵ֖א (alpeneimamre) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.30.W6.S1) and character.