Deuteronomy 29:23:2Deut.29.23.W2PATWLC Deuteronomy 29:22

וָמֶ֔לַח

vahmelakh

and salt

Transliteration
vah-MEL-akh
Extended
vah-MEH-lahkh
IPA
/va.mɛˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
and salt
French
et sel
Spanish
y sal
Portuguese
e sal
German
und Salz
Russian
и соль
Arabic-Simplified
وَملح
Hindi
और नमक
Chinese-Simplified
和 盐
Korean
그리고 소금
Indonesian
dan garam
Bengali
এবং লবণ
Tagalog
at asin
Swahili
na chumvi
Amharic
እና ጨው
Yoruba
ati iyọ
Igbo
na nnu
Twi
na nkyene
Ewe
kple munyu

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Result
וָ + מֶ֔ + לַח
vah + mel + akh
vahmelakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    vah-MEL-akh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    gaf-REET vah-MEL-akh

  3. clause

    gaf-REET vah-MEL-akh SRE-FA kol-AR-tsah

  4. sentence

    gaf-REET vah-MEL-akh SRE-FA kol-AR-tsah loh-tiz-zah-RA veh-LOH-tats-MI-kh veh-LOH-ya-a-LEH-bah keh-mahp-PEH-khat SE-DOM vah-ah-mo-RAH AD-MAH oo-tseh-VO-YEEM a-SHER-ha-FAKH Yeh-ho-VAH beh-ah-PO oo-vah-kha-ma-TO

In contextDeuteronomy 29:23

and salt burning sulfur all its land not sown and not grows and no plant rises in it like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah Admah and Zeboiim which overturned LORD in his anger and in his wrath

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 29:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 29:23, so the Hebrew word וָמֶ֔לַח (vahmelakh) 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.29.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.29.23.W2.S1) and character.