Deuteronomy 7:6:8Deut.7.6.W8PAT

בָּחַ֣ר

bakhar

has chosen

Transliteration
ba-KHAR
Extended
baa-KHAR
IPA
/baːˈħar/

Meaning by language

English
has chosen
French
a choisi
Spanish
ha elegido
Portuguese
escolheu
German
hat erwählt
Russian
избрал
Arabic-Simplified
اختار
Hindi
चुना
Chinese-Simplified
拣选了
Korean
택하셨다
Indonesian
telah memilih
Bengali
বেছে নিয়েছে
Tagalog
pinili
Swahili
amechagua
Amharic
መረጠ
Yoruba
yàn
Igbo
họrọ
Twi
apaw
Ewe
yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בָּ + חַ֣ר
ba + khar
bakhar

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-KHAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

  3. clause

    be-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lih-HYOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mi-KOL ha-a-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA

  4. sentence

    KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lih-HYOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mi-KOL ha-a-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA

In contextDeuteronomy 7:6

for you a people holy to the LORD your God LORD your God has chosen in you from all the peoples who on the face of the earth to be for him for a people treasured possession

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 7:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 7:6, so the Hebrew word בָּחַ֣ר (bakhar) 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.7.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.7.6.W8.S1) and character.