Deuteronomy 4:16:10Deut.4.16.W10PAT

נְקֵבָֽה׃

nekeva

female

Transliteration
ne-ke-VA
Extended
neh-keh-VAH
IPA
/nəkɛˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
female
French
femelle
Spanish
hembra
Portuguese
fêmea
German
weiblich
Russian
женского пола
Arabic-Simplified
أنثى
Hindi
मादा
Chinese-Simplified
雌性
Korean
암컷
Indonesian
betina
Bengali
মহিলা
Tagalog
babae
Swahili
jike
Amharic
ሴት
Yoruba
abo
Igbo
nwanyi
Twi
ɔbaa
Ewe
nyɔnu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נְ + קֵ + בָֽה׃
ne + ke + va
nekeva

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ne-ke-VA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    O ne-ke-VA

  3. clause

    tav-NEET za-KHAR O ne-ke-VA

  4. sentence

    pen-tash-KHI-tun va-a-si-TEM la-KHEM PE-sel te-mu-NAT kol-SA-mel tav-NEET za-KHAR O ne-ke-VA

In contextDeuteronomy 4:16

lest corrupt make for you carved image form of any figure likeness male or female

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 4:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 4:16, so the Hebrew word נְקֵבָֽה׃ (nekeva) 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.4.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.16.W10.S1) and character.