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

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Result
בְּ + הֵ + מָ֥ה
be + he + ma
behema

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-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-he-MA va-RE-mes

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.