Deuteronomy 14:15:4Deut.14.15.W4PAT
וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָ֖ס
veethatkhmas
“and the nighthawk”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-hat-kh-MAS
- Extended
- veh-EET-hat-kh-MAAS
- IPA
- /vəʔet.hat.taħˈmas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the nighthawk
- French
- et l'engoulevent
- Spanish
- y el chotacabras
- Portuguese
- e o bacurau
- German
- und der Nachtvogel
- Russian
- и ночная птица
- Arabic-Simplified
- وطائر الليل
- Hindi
- और रात का पक्षी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和夜鹰
- Korean
- 그리고 밤새
- Indonesian
- dan burung malam
- Bengali
- এবং রাতের পাখি
- Tagalog
- at ibong gabi
- Swahili
- na ndege wa usiku
- Amharic
- እና የሌሊት አእዋፍ
- Yoruba
- ati ẹyẹ alẹ
- Igbo
- na nnụnụ abalị
- Twi
- na anadwo anomaa
- Ewe
- kple avu zã
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-hat-kh-MAS
- clause
ve-ET BAT ha-ya-a-NAA ve-ET-hat-kh-MAS ve-ET-ha-SHA-khaf
- sentence
ve-ET BAT ha-ya-a-NAA ve-ET-hat-kh-MAS ve-ET-ha-SHA-khaf ve-ET-ha-NETS le-MEEN-NEH-hoo
In context — Deuteronomy 14:15
and daughter of the ostrich and the nighthawk and the sea gull and the hawk its kind
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָ֖ס (veethatkhmas) 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 Deut.14.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.15.W4.S1) and character.