Deuteronomy 18:5:3Deut.18.5.W3PAT

בָּחַ֛ר

bakhar

has chosen

Transliteration
ba-KHAR
Extended
bah-KHAR
IPA
/baˈχar/

Meaning by language

English
has chosen
French
a choisi
Spanish
ha escogido
Portuguese
escolheu
German
hat erwählt
Russian
избрал
Arabic-Simplified
اختار
Hindi
चुना
Chinese-Simplified
拣选了
Korean
선택했다
Indonesian
memilih
Bengali
বেছে নিয়েছেন
Tagalog
pinili
Swahili
amechagua
Amharic
መረጠ
Yoruba
yàn
Igbo
họrọ
Twi
apaw
Ewe
yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בָּ + חַ֛ר
ba + khar
bakhar

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-KHAR

  2. clause

    KI VO ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-KOL-she-va-TE-kha

  3. sentence

    KI VO ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-KOL-she-va-TE-kha la-a-MOD le-sha-RET be-SHEM-Ye-ho-VAH HU u-va-NAV kol-ha-ya-MIM

In contextDeuteronomy 18:5

for LORD your God has chosen in him from all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the LORD he and his sons all the days

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 18:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 18:5, so the Hebrew word בָּחַ֛ר (bakhar) 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.18.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.5.W3.S1) and character.