Exodus 4:23:12Exod.4.23.W12PAT
בְּכֹרֶֽךָ׃
bekhorekha
“your firstborn”
- Transliteration
- be-kho-RE-kha
- Extended
- beh-khoh-REH-khah
- IPA
- /bə.xoːˈrɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your firstborn
- French
- ton premier-né
- Spanish
- tu primogénito
- Portuguese
- teu primogênito
- German
- deinen Erstgeborenen
- Russian
- твоего первенца
- Arabic-Simplified
- بكرك
- Hindi
- तेरे पहलौठे को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你的长子
- Korean
- 네 맏아들
- Indonesian
- anak sulungmu
- Bengali
- তোমার প্রথমজাতকে
- Tagalog
- iyong panganay
- Swahili
- mzaliwa wako wa kwanza
- Amharic
- በኩርህን
- Yoruba
- àkọ́bí rẹ
- Igbo
- ọkpara gị
- Twi
- wo abakan
- Ewe
- wò vi gbãtɔ
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-kho-RE-kha
- clause
hin-NEH a-no-KHI ho-REG et-bin-KHA be-kho-RE-kha
- sentence
va-o-MAR e-LEI-kha shal-LAKH et-be-NEE ve-ya-av-DE-ni va-te-ma-EN le-shal-le-KHO hin-NEH a-no-KHI ho-REG et-bin-KHA be-kho-RE-kha
In context — Exodus 4:23
and I said to you send away my son and he may serve me and you refused to let him go behold I will kill your son your firstborn
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 4:23, so the Hebrew word בְּכֹרֶֽךָ׃ (bekhorekha) 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.4.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.23.W12.S1) and character.