Genesis 17:19:3Gen.17.19.W3PAT
אֲבָל֙
aval
“but”
- Transliteration
- a-VAL
- Extended
- ah-VAAL
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈvaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
- French
- mais
- Spanish
- pero
- Russian
- однако
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكن
- Hindi
- परन्तु
- Chinese-Simplified
- 但是
- Swahili
- lakini
- Twi
- nanso
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VAL
- clause
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM a-VAL sa-RA i-she-te-KHA yo-LE-det le-KHA BEN ve-ka-RA-ta et-she-MO yi-tse-KHAK
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM a-VAL sa-RA i-she-te-KHA yo-LE-det le-KHA BEN ve-ka-RA-ta et-she-MO yi-tse-KHAK va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO li-ve-REET o-LAM le-za-re-O a-kha-RAV
In context — Genesis 17:19
God and said but your wife Sarah shall bear for you a son and you shall call his name Isaac and I will establish my covenant with him for a covenant everlasting to his offspring after him
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:19, so the Hebrew word אֲבָל֙ (aval) 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.17.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.19.W3.S1) and character.