Genesis 6:13:11Gen.6.13.W11TAB
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם
mippenehem
“because of them”
- Transliteration
- mip-pe-ne-HEM
- Extended
- mihp-peh-nee-HEHM
- IPA
- /mip.pə.neːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mip-pe-ne-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM ve-hin-NI mash-khi-TAM et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The idiomatic mip-pə-nê-hem {מִפְּנֵיהֶם | mip-pə-nê-hem} ‘because of them’ assigns moral agency.
In context — Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; and now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 6:13, so the Hebrew word מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם (mippenehem) 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.6.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.13.W11.S1) and character.