Exodus 8:15:6Exod.8.15.W6PATWLC Exodus 8:11

וְהַכְבֵּד֙

vehakhbed

and hardened

Transliteration
ve-hakh-BED
Extended
veh-hahkh-BEHD
IPA
/və.hax.ˈbeːd/

Meaning by language

English
and hardened
French
et endurcit
Spanish
y endureció
Portuguese
e endureceu
German
und verhärtete
Russian
и ожесточил
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَسَّى
Hindi
और कठोर किया
Chinese-Simplified
就使刚硬
Korean
그리고 완고하게 했다
Indonesian
dan mengeraskan
Bengali
এবং কঠোর করল
Tagalog
at pinatigas
Swahili
akaufanya mgumu
Amharic
እና አደነደነ
Yoruba
o si mu le
Igbo
wee mee ka o sie ike
Twi
na ɔmaa no yɛɛ den
Ewe
eye sesẽ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הַכְ + בֵּד֙
ve + hakh + bed
vehakhbed

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-hakh-BED

  2. clause

    va-YAR par-O KI ha-ye-TA ha-re-va-KHA ve-hakh-BED et-lib-BO ve-lo-sha-MA a-LE-hem

  3. sentence

    va-YAR par-O KI ha-ye-TA ha-re-va-KHA ve-hakh-BED et-lib-BO ve-lo-sha-MA a-LE-hem ka-a-SHER dib-BER Ye-ho-VAH

In contextExodus 8:15

and saw Pharaoh that there was the respite and hardened his heart and did not listen to them as had spoken LORD

About this coordinate

Exodus 8:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 8:15, so the Hebrew word וְהַכְבֵּד֙ (vehakhbed) 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.8.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.15.W6.S1) and character.