Genesis 49:7:10Gen.49.7.W10TAB
וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם
vaafitsem
“and I will scatter them”
- Transliteration
- va-a-fi-TSEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-fee-TSEM
- IPA
- /wa.ʔă.fiː.ˈtseːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will scatter them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-fi-TSEM
- clause
a-khal-le-KEM be-ya-a-KOV va-a-fi-TSEM be-yis-ra-EL
- 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 first person verbs achalleqem {אֲחַלְּקֵם | ʾă-ḥal-lə-qēm} ‘I will divide them’ and vaafitsem {וַאֲפִיצֵם | wa-ʾă-pî-ṣēm} ‘and I will scatter them’ present Jacob’s prophetic announcement of future treatment of the offenders’ descendants.
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 49:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 49:7, so the Hebrew word וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם (vaafitsem) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.7.W10.S1) and character.