Genesis 1:24:8Gen.1.24.W8PAT
בְּהֵמָ֥ה
behema
“livestock”
- Transliteration
- be-he-MA
- Extended
- beh-heh-MAA
- IPA
- /bə.heː.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- livestock
- French
- bétail
- Spanish
- ganado
- Portuguese
- gado
- German
- Vieh
- Russian
- скот
- Arabic-Simplified
- بهيمة
- Hindi
- पशुधन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 牲畜
- Korean
- 가축
- Indonesian
- ternak
- Bengali
- গৃহপালিত পশু
- Tagalog
- hayop na alaga
- Swahili
- mnyama wa kufugwa
- Amharic
- የቤት እንስሳ
- Yoruba
- ẹran-ọ̀sìn
- Igbo
- anụ ụlọ
- Twi
- efie mmoa
- Ewe
- aƒeme lã
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-he-MA
- phraseyour reading level
be-he-MA va-RE-mes
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM to-TSE ha-A-rets NE-fesh kha-YA le-mi-NAH be-he-MA va-RE-mes ve-khai-to-E-rets le-mi-NAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM to-TSE ha-A-rets NE-fesh kha-YA le-mi-NAH be-he-MA va-RE-mes ve-khai-to-E-rets le-mi-NAH va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:24
God {And He} said the earth bring forth living creature according to its kind livestock and creeping thing and beast of the earth according to its kind {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 1:24, so the Hebrew word בְּהֵמָ֥ה (behema) 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 Gen.1.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.24.W8.S1) and character.