Genesis 49:7:1Gen.49.7.W1TAB
אָר֤וּר
arur
“cursed”
- Transliteration
- a-RUR
- Extended
- ah-RUUR
- IPA
- /ʔaː.ˈruːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- cursed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-RUR
- phraseyour reading level
a-RUR ap-PAM
- clause
a-RUR ap-PAM KI AZ ve-ev-ra-TAM KI ka-SHA-ta
- sentence
a-RUR ap-PAM KI AZ ve-ev-ra-TAM KI ka-SHA-ta a-khal-le-KEM be-ya-a-KOV va-a-fi-TSEM be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse opens with arur {אָרוּר | ʾā-rûr} ‘cursed’, forming a nominal curse formula that front-loads the evaluative verdict before specifying its object, appam {אַפָּם | ʾap-pām} ‘their anger’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-raleph–resh–resh
“to curse”
In context — Genesis 49:7
Cursed is their anger because it is fierce , and their wrath because it is cruel . I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 49:7, so the Hebrew word אָר֤וּר (arur) 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.49.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.7.W1.S1) and character.