Genesis 49:9:4Gen.49.9.W4TAB
מִטֶּ֖רֶף
mitteref
“from prey”
- Transliteration
- mit-TE-ref
- Extended
- miht-TEH-ref
- IPA
- /mit.ˈtɛ.rɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- from prey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-TE-ref
- clause
GUR ar-YEH ye-hu-DA mit-TE-ref be-NI a-li-TA
- sentence
GUR ar-YEH ye-hu-DA mit-TE-ref be-NI a-li-TA ka-RA ra-VATS ke-ar-YEH u-ke-la-VI MI ye-ki-MEN-nu
Exegesis
The next clause mi-teref beni alita {מִטֶּרֶף בְּנִי עָלִיתָ | miṭṭerep̄ bənî ʿālîtā} combines a spatial prepositional phrase “from the prey,” the vocative “my son,” and the perfect verb “you have gone up,” indicating triumphant ascent.
Root and etymology
tet-resh-petet–resh–pe
“to tear”
In context — Genesis 49:9
A lion’s cub is Judah; from the prey, my son, you have arisen . He crouched and lay down like a lion, like a lioness—who will rouse him ?
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 49:9, so the Hebrew word מִטֶּ֖רֶף (mitteref) 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.49.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.9.W4.S1) and character.