Deuteronomy 7:12:2Deut.7.12.W2PAT
עֵ֣קֶב
ekev
“because”
- Transliteration
- E-kev
- Extended
- EH-kehv
- IPA
- /ˈʕeː.kɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
- French
- parce que
- Spanish
- porque
- Portuguese
- porque
- German
- weil
- Russian
- потому что
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأن
- Hindi
- क्योंकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因为
- Korean
- 때문에
- Indonesian
- karena
- Bengali
- কারণ
- Tagalog
- sapagkat
- Swahili
- kwa sababu
- Amharic
- ምክንያቱም
- Yoruba
- nítorí
- Igbo
- n’ihi na
- Twi
- ɛfiri sɛ
- Ewe
- elabena
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-kev
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ha-YA E-kev tish-me-UN
- clause
veh-ha-YA E-kev tish-me-UN ET ham-mish-pa-TEEM ha-E-le oo-sheh-mar-TEM va-a-see-TEM o-TAM
- sentence
veh-ha-YA E-kev tish-me-UN ET ham-mish-pa-TEEM ha-E-le oo-sheh-mar-TEM va-a-see-TEM o-TAM veh-sha-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-KHA et-hab-BREET veh-et-ha-KHEH-sehd a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TEH-kha
In context — Deuteronomy 7:12
be because listen the ordinances these keep do them LORD your God keep for you the covenant and the steadfast love which swore to your fathers
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 7:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 7:12, so the Hebrew word עֵ֣קֶב (ekev) 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.7.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.7.12.W2.S1) and character.