Genesis 9:13:3Gen.9.13.W3TAB

בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן

beanan

in the cloud

Transliteration
be-a-NAN
Extended
beh-ah-NAAN
IPA
/bɛ.ʕa.ˈnaːn/

Meaning by language

English
in the cloud

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Result
בֶּֽ + עָ + נָ֑ן
be + a + nan
beanan

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-a-NAN

  2. clause

    et-kash-TI na-TAT-ti be-a-NAN

  3. sentence

    et-kash-TI na-TAT-ti be-a-NAN ve-ha-ye-TA le-OT be-RIT bei-NI u-VEIN ha-A-rets

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase be'anan {בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן | be-ʿā-nān} ‘in the cloud’ specifies the location of the bow in the atmospheric realm that will regularly appear after rain.

Root and etymology

ʿ-n-n

to cover, to cloud

In contextGenesis 9:13

My bow I have set in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 9:13, so the Hebrew word בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן (beanan) 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.9.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.13.W3.S1) and character.