Genesis 7:2:8Gen.7.2.W8TAB
וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ
veishto
“and his mate”
- Transliteration
- ve-ish-TO
- Extended
- veh-ish-TOH
- IPA
- /və.ʔiʃ.ˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his mate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ish-TO
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ve-ish-TO
- 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 repeated numeral shiv-ah shiv-ah {שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה | šivʿāh šivʿāh} conveys a distributive sense of seven for each kind, clarified by the appositional ish ve-ish-to {אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ | ʾîš wə-ʾištô} “a male and his mate,” emphasizing reproductive pairing.
The numerals shna-yim + ish ve-ish-to {שְׁנַיִם אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּֽוֹ | šənayim ʾîš wə-ʾištô} “two, a male and his mate” mirror the parallel structure with a reduced number, underscoring the graded distinction between clean and unclean creatures while preserving the emphasis on preservation of each kind.
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 7:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 7:2, so the Hebrew word וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ (veishto) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.2.W8.S1) and character.