Exodus 12:29:20Exod.12.29.W20PAT
בְּכ֥וֹר
bekhor
“firstborn of”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOR
- Extended
- beh-KHOHR
- IPA
- /bəˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- firstborn of
- French
- premier-né de
- Spanish
- primogénito de
- Portuguese
- primogênito de
- German
- Erstgeborenen des
- Russian
- первенца
- Arabic-Simplified
- بِكْرِ
- Hindi
- पहिलौठा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 长子
- Korean
- 처음 난 자
- Indonesian
- anak sulung dari
- Bengali
- প্রথমজাত
- Tagalog
- panganay ng
- Swahili
- mzaliwa wa kwanza wa
- Amharic
- በኩር
- Yoruba
- àkọ́bí
- Igbo
- ọkpara
- Twi
- abakan
- Ewe
- vi gbãtɔ si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOR
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHOR be-he-MAH
- clause
ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MAH
In context — Exodus 12:29
and it happened at the middle of the night and the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh the one sitting on his throne as far as the firstborn of the captive who in the house of the pit and every firstborn of livestock
About this coordinate
Exodus 12:29:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Exodus 12:29, so the Hebrew word בְּכ֥וֹר (bekhor) 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.12.29.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.29.W20.S1) and character.