Genesis 49:32:1Gen.49.32.W1TAB
מִקְנֵ֧ה
mikneh
“the purchase”
- Transliteration
- mik-NEH
- Extended
- mihk-NEH
- IPA
- /miq.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the purchase
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
mik-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
mik-NEH ha-sa-DEH
- sentence
mik-NEH ha-sa-DEH ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO me-ET be-nei-KHET
Exegesis
The construct chain mikneh hasadeh {מִקְנֵה הַשָּׂדֶה | miq-nêh haś-śā-deh} ‘acquisition of the field’ foregrounds the legal term.
Root and etymology
q-n-hqof–nun–heh
“to acquire, purchase”
In context — Genesis 49:32
The acquisition of the field and its cave was from the sons of Heth .
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 49:32, so the Hebrew word מִקְנֵ֧ה (mikneh) 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.49.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.32.W1.S1) and character.