Genesis 7:3:2Gen.7.3.W2TAB
מֵע֧וֹף
meof
“from birds of”
- Transliteration
- me-OF
- Extended
- meh-OHF
- IPA
- /meː.ˈʕoːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- from birds of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-OF
- phraseyour reading level
GAM me-OF ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
GAM me-OF ha-sha-MA-yim shiv-A shiv-A za-KHAR oo-ne-ke-VA
- sentence
GAM me-OF ha-sha-MA-yim shiv-A shiv-A za-KHAR oo-ne-ke-VA le-khai-YOT ZE-ra al-pe-NEI khol-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The phrase meof hashamayim {מֵע֧וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם | mê-ʿôf haš-šā-ma-yim} ‘from the birds of the heavens’ specifies the creature class, with the min-preposition on ʿôf and the definite plural heavens marking their domain.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-w-p
“to fly”
In context — Genesis 7:3
Also take from the birds of the heavens seven pairs, male and female, so as to keep alive seed upon the face of all the earth.
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 7:3, so the Hebrew word מֵע֧וֹף (meof) 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.7.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.3.W2.S1) and character.