Deuteronomy 21:4:5Deut.21.4.W5PAT
אֶת־הָֽעֶגְלָה֙
ethaeglah
“the heifer”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-eg-LAH
- Extended
- EET-hah-ehg-LAH
- IPA
- /ʔet.ha.ʕeɡ.ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heifer
- French
- la génisse
- Spanish
- la becerra
- Portuguese
- a novilha
- German
- Färse
- Russian
- тёлку
- Arabic-Simplified
- العِجْلَة
- Hindi
- बछिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 小母牛
- Korean
- 암송아지
- Indonesian
- sapi betina muda
- Bengali
- বাছুরী
- Tagalog
- dumalagang baka
- Swahili
- ndama jike
- Amharic
- ጊደር
- Yoruba
- ẹgbọrọ màlúù
- Igbo
- ehi-nwanyi
- Twi
- nantwi baayɛ
- Ewe
- gbɔvi nyɔnu
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-ha-eg-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH
- clause
ve-ho-REE-du zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH el-NA-khal ei-TAN a-SHER lo-ye-a-VEHD BO ve-LO yiz-za-RE-a
- sentence
ve-ho-REE-du zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH el-NA-khal ei-TAN a-SHER lo-ye-a-VEHD BO ve-LO yiz-za-RE-a ve-or-FU-sham ET-ha-eg-LAH ba-NA-khal
In context — Deuteronomy 21:4
elders of the city that will bring down the heifer to a torrent ever-flowing which uncultivated in it nor sown shall break there the heifer in the wadi
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 21:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָֽעֶגְלָה֙ (ethaeglah) 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.21.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.4.W5.S1) and character.