Genesis 19:34:4Gen.19.34.W4TAB
הַבְּכִירָה֙
habekhira
“the firstborn daughter”
- Transliteration
- ha-be-khi-RA
- Extended
- hah-beh-khee-RAA
- IPA
- /hab.bə.xiˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the firstborn daughter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-be-khi-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA
- clause
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI
- sentence
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI na-she-KEN-nu YA-yin gam-hal-LAI-la u-vo-I shikh-VI im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-vi-NU ZA-ra
Exegesis
The verb vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wat-tō-mer} introduces direct speech by habekhira {הַבְּכִירָה | hab-bə-ḵî-rāh} to hatseira {הַצְּעִירָה | haṣ-ṣe-ʿî-rāh}.
Root and etymology
b-kh-rbet–kaf–resh
“to be firstborn”
In context — Genesis 19:34
And it happened on the next day that the older said to the younger, “Behold, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine also tonight, and you go in and lie with him, and we will preserve offspring from our father.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:34, so the Hebrew word הַבְּכִירָה֙ (habekhira) 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.19.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.34.W4.S1) and character.