Deuteronomy 21:17:2Deut.21.17.W2PAT
אֶת־הַבְּכֹ֨ר
ethahbekhor
“the firstborn”
- Transliteration
- et-hah-be-KHOR
- Extended
- ehT-hah-beh-KHOHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.habˈbəxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the firstborn
- French
- le premier-né
- Spanish
- el primogénito
- Portuguese
- o primogênito
- German
- der Erstgeborene
- Russian
- первенец
- Arabic-Simplified
- البكر
- Hindi
- ज्येष्ठ पुत्र
- Chinese-Simplified
- 长子
- Korean
- 맏아들
- Indonesian
- anak sulung
- Bengali
- প্রথমজাত
- Tagalog
- panganay
- Swahili
- mzaliwa wa kwanza
- Amharic
- በኩር
- Yoruba
- àkọ́bí
- Igbo
- nwa mbụ
- Twi
- abakan
- Ewe
- vi gbãtɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-hah-be-KHOR
- phraseyour reading level
KI et-hah-be-KHOR ben-hah-seh-nu-AH
- clause
KI et-hah-be-KHOR ben-hah-seh-nu-AH ya-KEER la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO
- sentence
KI et-hah-be-KHOR ben-hah-seh-nu-AH ya-KEER la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO KI-HU re-SHIT o-NO LO mish-PAT hah-be-kho-RAH
In context — Deuteronomy 21:17
but acknowledge the firstborn son of the unloved to give to him double a portion of all that is found to him for he firstfruits his strength his right of the firstborn
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 21:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַבְּכֹ֨ר (ethahbekhor) 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.21.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.17.W2.S1) and character.