Genesis 7:2:3Gen.7.2.W3TAB
הַטְּהוֹרָ֗ה
hattehora
“clean”
- Transliteration
- hat-te-ho-RA
- Extended
- haht-teh-hoh-RAA
- IPA
- /hat.tə.hoː.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- clean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hat-te-ho-RA
- phraseyour reading level
mik-KOL hab-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA
- clause
mik-KOL hab-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA tik-kakh-le-KHA shiv-A shiv-A ISH ve-ish-TO
- sentence
mik-KOL hab-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA tik-kakh-le-KHA shiv-A shiv-A ISH ve-ish-TO u-min-hab-be-he-MA a-SHER LO te-ho-RA HI she-NA-yim ISH ve-ish-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase mik-kol ha-be-he-mah ha-te-ho-rah {מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה | mik-kōl hab-bəhēmāh hat-təhōrāh} “from every clean animal,” fronted for distributive emphasis.
Root and etymology
t-h-r
“to be clean, pure”
In context — Genesis 7:2
From every clean animal you shall take for yourself seven pairs , a male and his mate; but from the animals that are not clean, take two, a male and his mate.
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 7:2, so the Hebrew word הַטְּהוֹרָ֗ה (hattehora) 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.7.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.2.W3.S1) and character.