Genesis 42:4:10Gen.42.4.W10PAT

אָסֽוֹן׃

ason

calamity

Transliteration
a-SON
Extended
ah-SOHN
IPA
/ʔaː.ˈsoːn/

Meaning by language

English
calamity
French
un malheur
Spanish
una calamidad
Portuguese
uma calamidade
German
ein Unglück
Russian
бедствие
Arabic-Simplified
أذى
Hindi
अनर्थ
Chinese-Simplified
灾祸
Korean
재앙이
Indonesian
malapetaka
Bengali
অমঙ্গল
Tagalog
kapahamakan
Swahili
msiba
Amharic
አደጋ
Yoruba
ajalu
Igbo
ọdachi
Twi
amanehunu
Ewe
gbegblẽ

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Result
אָ + סֽוֹן׃
a + son
ason

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Samekhs as in sit
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SON

  2. clause

    KI a-MAR pen-yi-ke-ra-EN-nu a-SON

  3. sentence

    ve-et-bi-ne-ya-MIN a-KHI yo-SEF lo-sha-LAKH ya-a-KOV et-e-KHAV KI a-MAR pen-yi-ke-ra-EN-nu a-SON

In contextGenesis 42:4

and Benjamin brother of Joseph did not send Jacob with his brothers for he said lest befall him calamity

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 42:4, so the Hebrew word אָסֽוֹן׃ (ason) 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.42.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.4.W10.S1) and character.