Genesis 11:16:1Gen.11.16.W1PAT
וַֽיְחִי־עֵ֕בֶר
vayekhiever
“Eber lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI-E-ver
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE-EH-vehr
- IPA
- /vajəˈħiː.ˈʕeː.vɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Eber lived
- French
- Éber vécut
- Spanish
- Éber vivió
- Portuguese
- Éber viveu
- German
- Eber lebte
- Russian
- Евер жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وعاش عابر
- Hindi
- एबेर जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 希伯活了
- Korean
- 에벨이 살았다
- Indonesian
- Eber hidup
- Bengali
- এবের বেঁচে ছিল
- Tagalog
- at nabuhay si Eber
- Swahili
- Eberi aliishi
- Amharic
- ዔቤር ኖረ
- Yoruba
- Eberi wa laaye
- Igbo
- Eber biri ndu
- Twi
- Eber tenaa ase
- Ewe
- Eber le agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + יְ + חִי + עֵ֕ + בֶר
↓
va + ye + khi + e + ver
↓
vayekhiever
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHI-E-ver
- clause
va-ye-KHI-E-ver ar-BA u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI-E-ver ar-BA u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-YO-led ET-PA-leg
In context — Genesis 11:16
Eber lived four thirty years he fathered Peleg
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:16, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְחִי־עֵ֕בֶר (vayekhiever) 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.11.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.16.W1.S1) and character.