Deuteronomy 21:16:10Deut.21.16.W10PAT

לְבַכֵּר֙

levaker

make firstborn

Transliteration
le-va-KER
Extended
leh-va-KEHR
IPA
/ləvakˈkeːr/

Meaning by language

English
make firstborn
French
faire premier-né
Spanish
hacer primogénito
Portuguese
fazer primogênito
German
zum Erstgeborenen machen
Russian
сделать первенцем
Arabic-Simplified
يجعل بكرًا
Hindi
ज्येष्ठ ठहराना
Chinese-Simplified
立为长子
Korean
장자로 삼다
Indonesian
menjadikan anak sulung
Bengali
জ্যেষ্ঠ করা
Tagalog
gawing panganay
Swahili
kumfanya mzaliwa wa kwanza
Amharic
በኩር ማድረግ
Yoruba
sọ di akọ́bí
Igbo
mee bụrụ ọkpara
Twi
yɛ no abakan
Ewe
wɔ be vi gbãtɔ

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Result
לְ + בַ + כֵּר֙
le + va + ker
levaker

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-va-KER

  2. clause

    LO yu-KHAL le-va-KER ET-ben-ha-a-hu-VAH al-pe-NEE ben-ha-seh-noo-AH ha-be-KHOR

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA be-YOM han-KHEE-lo ET-ba-NAV ET a-SHER-yih-YEH LO LO yu-KHAL le-va-KER ET-ben-ha-a-hu-VAH al-pe-NEE ben-ha-seh-noo-AH ha-be-KHOR

In contextDeuteronomy 21:16

be on the day when he causes to inherit his sons who will be to him not be able make firstborn the son of the beloved woman the firstborn in preference to the son of the hated woman

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 21:16, so the Hebrew word לְבַכֵּר֙ (levaker) 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.21.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.16.W10.S1) and character.