Exodus 1:19:11Exod.1.19.W11PAT

בְּטֶ֨רֶם

beterem

before

Transliteration
be-TE-rem
Extended
beh-TEH-rem
IPA
/bə.ˈtɛ.rɛm/

Meaning by language

English
before
French
avant que
Spanish
antes de que
Portuguese
antes que
German
bevor
Russian
прежде чем
Arabic-Simplified
قبل أن
Hindi
पहले कि
Chinese-Simplified
以前
Korean
전에
Indonesian
sebelum
Bengali
আগে যে
Tagalog
bago
Swahili
kabla ya
Amharic
በፊት
Yoruba
ki o to
Igbo
tupu
Twi
ansa na
Ewe
hafi

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Result
בְּ + טֶ֨ + רֶם
be + te + rem
beterem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-TE-rem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-TE-rem ta-VO a-le-HEN

  3. clause

    ki-kha-YOT HEN-na be-TE-rem ta-VO a-le-HEN ham-yal-le-DET ve-ya-la-DU

  4. sentence

    va-to-MAR-na ham-yal-le-DOT el-par-OH KI LO khan-na-SHIM ham-mits-ri-YOT ha-iv-ri-YOT ki-kha-YOT HEN-na be-TE-rem ta-VO a-le-HEN ham-yal-le-DET ve-ya-la-DU

In contextExodus 1:19

and they said the midwives to Pharaoh because not like the women the Egyptian women the Hebrew women because vigorous they before comes to them the midwife and they have given birth

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 1:19, so the Hebrew word בְּטֶ֨רֶם (beterem) 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.1.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.19.W11.S1) and character.