Exodus 12:29:21Exod.12.29.W21PAT

בְּהֵמָֽה׃

behemah

livestock

Transliteration
be-he-MAH
Extended
beh-heh-MAA
IPA
/bə.heːˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
livestock
French
le bétail
Spanish
el ganado
Portuguese
o gado
German
das Vieh
Russian
скота
Arabic-Simplified
الْبَهِيمَةِ
Hindi
पशुधन
Chinese-Simplified
牲畜
Korean
가축
Indonesian
ternak
Bengali
গবাদি পশু
Tagalog
hayop
Swahili
mifugo
Amharic
እንስሳት
Yoruba
ẹran-ọ̀sìn
Igbo
anụ ụlọ
Twi
mmoa
Ewe
nuiwo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + הֵ + מָֽה׃
be + he + mah
behemah

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-MAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-KHOR be-he-MAH

  3. clause

    ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MAH

  4. 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 contextExodus 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 12:29:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Exodus 12:29, so the Hebrew word בְּהֵמָֽה׃ (behemah) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.29.W21.S1) and character.