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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-a-NAN
- clause
et-kash-TI na-TAT-ti be-a-NAN
- 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 context — Genesis 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.