Genesis 49:33:7Gen.49.33.W7TAB
אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֑ה
elhamitta
“to the bed”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-mit-TA
- Extended
- ehl-hah-miht-TAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.mit.ˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-ha-mit-TA
- clause
va-ye-KHAL ya-a-KOV le-tsav-VOT et-ba-NAV va-ye-e-SOF rag-LAV el-ha-mit-TA
- sentence
va-ye-KHAL ya-a-KOV le-tsav-VOT et-ba-NAV va-ye-e-SOF rag-LAV el-ha-mit-TA va-yig-VA va-ye-A-sef el-am-MAV
Exegesis
The next wayyiqtol, vayeesof {וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף | way-yeʾ-ĕ-sōf} ‘and he gathered’ takes raglav {רַגְלָ֖יו | rag-lāw} ‘his feet’ as object, followed by the prepositional phrase el hamittah {אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֑ה | ʾel ham-mit-tāh} ‘to the bed,’ portraying a deliberate, composed movement that transitions to the moment of death.
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“God, mighty one”
In context — Genesis 49:33
When Jacob finished instructing his sons, he drew his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last , and was gathered to his people.
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 49:33, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֑ה (elhamitta) 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.49.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.33.W7.S1) and character.