Exodus 1:16:6Exod.1.16.W6PAT
אִם־בֵּ֥ן
imben
“if a son”
- Transliteration
- im-BEN
- Extended
- ihm-BEHN
- IPA
- /ʔimˈbeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- if a son
- French
- si c'est un fils
- Spanish
- si es un hijo
- Portuguese
- se for um filho
- German
- wenn ein Sohn
- Russian
- если сын
- Arabic-Simplified
- إن كان ابناً
- Hindi
- यदि पुत्र हो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 如果是儿子
- Korean
- 만일 아들이면
- Indonesian
- jika seorang anak laki-laki
- Bengali
- যদি পুত্র হয়
- Tagalog
- kung isang anak na lalaki
- Swahili
- ikiwa ni mwana wa kiume
- Amharic
- ወንድ ልጅ ከሆነ
- Yoruba
- bí ó bá jẹ́ ọmọkùnrin
- Igbo
- ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ nwa nwoke
- Twi
- sɛ ɛyɛ ɔbabarima
- Ewe
- ne enye viŋutsu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-BEN
- phraseyour reading level
im-BEN HU
- clause
im-BEN HU va-ha-mit-TEN o-TO ve-im-BAT HI va-kha-YA
- sentence
va-YO-mer be-yal-LED-khen et-ha-iv-ri-YOT u-re-i-TEN al-ha-ov-NA-yim im-BEN HU va-ha-mit-TEN o-TO ve-im-BAT HI va-kha-YA
In context — Exodus 1:16
and he said when you serve as midwives to the Hebrew women and you see upon the stones if a son he and you shall kill him and if a daughter she and she shall live
About this coordinate
Exodus 1:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 1:16, so the Hebrew word אִם־בֵּ֥ן (imben) 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 Exod.1.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.16.W6.S1) and character.