Genesis 49:7:8Gen.49.7.W8TAB
אֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם
akhallekem
“I will divide them”
- Transliteration
- a-khal-le-KEM
- Extended
- ah-khal-leh-KEM
- IPA
- /ʔă.ħal.lə.ˈqeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will divide them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-khal-le-KEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-khal-le-KEM be-ya-a-KOV
- 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.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-qchet–lamed–qof
“to divide, apportion”
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 49:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 49:7, so the Hebrew word אֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם (akhallekem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.7.W8.S1) and character.