Exodus 8:16:12Exod.8.16.W12PATWLC Exodus 8:12
לְכִנִּ֖ם
lekhinim
“into gnats”
- Transliteration
- le-khi-NIM
- Extended
- leh-khih-NIHM
- IPA
- /lə.xinˈnim/
Meaning by language
- English
- into gnats
- French
- en moucherons
- Spanish
- en mosquitos
- Portuguese
- em mosquitos
- German
- zu Mücken
- Russian
- в мошек
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى بعوض
- Hindi
- मच्छरों में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成蚊蚋
- Korean
- 모기 떼로
- Indonesian
- menjadi agas
- Bengali
- ক্ষুদ্র দংশক পোকায়
- Tagalog
- na niknik
- Swahili
- kuwa mbu wadogo
- Amharic
- ወደ ትንኞች
- Yoruba
- di kòkòrò kéékèèké
- Igbo
- ghọọ ụmụ ahụhụ nta
- Twi
- ayɛ mmoawa nketenkete
- Ewe
- zu nudzidzi suewo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-khi-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA le-khi-NIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA le-khi-NIM be-khol-E-retz mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH e-MOR el-a-ha-RON ne-TEH et-mat-KHA ve-HAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-retz ve-ha-YA le-khi-NIM be-khol-E-retz mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 8:16
and said LORD to Moses say to Aaron stretch out your staff and strike dust the earth and it will become into gnats in all the land of Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 8:16, so the Hebrew word לְכִנִּ֖ם (lekhinim) 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.8.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.16.W12.S1) and character.