Genesis 49:32:3Gen.49.32.W3TAB
וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה
vehammeara
“and the cave”
- Transliteration
- ve-ham-me-a-RA
- Extended
- veh-hahm-meh-ah-RAA
- IPA
- /və.ham.mə.ʕaː.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the cave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ham-me-a-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO
- sentence
mik-NEH ha-sa-DEH ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO me-ET be-nei-KHET
Exegesis
The coordinate vehamearah {וְהַמְּעָרָה | wə-ham-me-ʿā-rāh} ‘and the cave’ broadens the asset scope.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Resh–Heh
“to hollow out”
In context — Genesis 49:32
The acquisition of the field and its cave was from the sons of Heth .
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 49:32, so the Hebrew word וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה (vehammeara) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.32.W3.S1) and character.