Exodus 11:5:17Exod.11.5.W17PAT

בְּהֵמָֽה׃

behema

cattle

Transliteration
be-he-MA
Extended
beh-heh-MAA
IPA
/bə.he.ˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
cattle
French
bétail
Spanish
ganado
Portuguese
gado
German
Viehs
Russian
скота
Arabic-Simplified
البهائم
Hindi
पशु
Chinese-Simplified
牲畜
Korean
가축
Indonesian
ternak
Bengali
পশু
Tagalog
hayop
Swahili
mifugo
Amharic
ከብት
Yoruba
ẹran-ọ̀sìn
Igbo
anụ ụlọ
Twi
mmoa
Ewe
lãwo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + הֵ + מָֽה׃
be + he + ma
behema

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-he-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-KHOR be-he-MA

  3. clause

    ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MA

  4. sentence

    u-MET kol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-O ha-yo-SHEV al-kis-O AD be-KHOR ha-shif-KHA a-SHER a-KHAR ha-re-KHA-yim ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MA

In contextExodus 11:5

and will die every firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh the one sitting on his throne until the firstborn of the slave woman who behind the millstones and every firstborn of cattle

About this coordinate

Exodus 11:5:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 11:5, so the Hebrew word בְּהֵמָֽה׃ (behema) 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.11.5.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.11.5.W17.S1) and character.