Genesis 8:14:7Gen.8.14.W7TAB
יָבְשָׁ֖ה
yavsha
“dried”
- Transliteration
- yav-SHA
- Extended
- yahv-SHAA
- IPA
- /jaːv.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- dried
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yav-SHA
- clause
yav-SHA ha-A-rets
- sentence
u-va-KHO-desh ha-she-NI be-shiv-A ve-es-RIM YOM la-KHO-desh yav-SHA ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The main clause features yavshah {יָבְשָׁ֖ה | yāḇ-šāh} ‘was dry’ in Qal perfect expressing a completed state, with its subject ha-arets {הָאָֽרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘the earth’ following the verb, highlighting the resultant dryness as the narrative focus.
Root and etymology
y-b-š
“to be dry, dried up”
In context — Genesis 8:14
Then, in the second month , on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had become dry.
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 8:14, so the Hebrew word יָבְשָׁ֖ה (yavsha) 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.8.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.14.W7.S1) and character.