Genesis 49:4:5Gen.49.4.W5TAB
עָלִ֖יתָ
alita
“you went up”
- Transliteration
- a-LI-ta
- Extended
- ah-LEE-tah
- IPA
- /ʕa.ˈliː.θaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you went up
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LI-ta
- phraseyour reading level
KI a-LI-ta
- clause
pa-KHAZ ka-MA-yim al-to-TAR KI a-LI-ta mish-ke-VEI a-VI-kha
- sentence
pa-KHAZ ka-MA-yim al-to-TAR KI a-LI-ta mish-ke-VEI a-VI-kha AZ khi-LAL-ta ye-tsu-I a-LA
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} links the reason clause introduced by the perfect alitah {עָלִיתָ | ʿālîta} “you went up” with the construct phrase mishkevei avikha {מִשְׁכְּבֵי אָבִיךָ | miškəvē ʾābîkā} “your father’s bed.”
In context — Genesis 49:4
Reckless like water, you will not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it—my couch you went up to.
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 49:4, so the Hebrew word עָלִ֖יתָ (alita) 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.49.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.4.W5.S1) and character.