Genesis 10:8:5Gen.10.8.W5PAT
הֵחֵ֔ל
hekhel
“began”
- Transliteration
- he-KHEL
- Extended
- heh-KHEHL
- IPA
- /heː.ˈħeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- began
- French
- commença
- Spanish
- comenzó
- Portuguese
- começou
- German
- begann
- Russian
- начал
- Arabic-Simplified
- بَدَأَ
- Hindi
- लगा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 开始
- Korean
- 시작했다
- Indonesian
- mulai
- Bengali
- শুরু করল
- Tagalog
- nagsimulang
- Swahili
- alianza
- Amharic
- ጀመረ
- Yoruba
- bẹ̀rẹ̀
- Igbo
- malitere
- Twi
- hyɛɛ ase
- Ewe
- dze egɔme
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הֵ + חֵ֔ל
↓
he + khel
↓
hekhel
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-KHEL
- phraseyour reading level
HU he-KHEL
- clause
HU he-KHEL li-he-YOT gi-BOR ba-A-rets
- sentence
ve-KHUSH ya-LAD et-nim-ROD HU he-KHEL li-he-YOT gi-BOR ba-A-rets
In context — Genesis 10:8
and Cush begot Nimrod he began to be a mighty one in the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 10:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 10:8, so the Hebrew word הֵחֵ֔ל (hekhel) 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.10.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.8.W5.S1) and character.