Genesis 11:26:1Gen.11.26.W1PAT
וַֽיְחִי־תֶ֖רַח
vayekhiterakh
“Terah lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khi-TE-rakh
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khee-TEH-rahkh
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ħiː.ˈθɛ.raħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Terah lived
- French
- Térah vécut
- Spanish
- Téraj vivió
- Portuguese
- Terá viveu
- German
- Terach lebte
- Russian
- Терах жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وعاش تارح
- Hindi
- तेरह जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他拉活了
- Korean
- 데라는 살았다
- Indonesian
- Terah hidup
- Bengali
- তেরহ বেঁচে ছিল
- Tagalog
- at nabuhay si Tera
- Swahili
- Tera aliishi
- Amharic
- ታራ ኖረ
- Yoruba
- Tera gbé
- Igbo
- Tera biri
- Twi
- Tera tenaa ase
- Ewe
- Tera dzi agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + יְ + חִי + תֶ֖ + רַח
↓
va + ye + khi + te + rakh
↓
vayekhiterakh
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-khi-TE-rakh
- clause
va-ye-khi-TE-rakh shi-ve-IM sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-khi-TE-rakh shi-ve-IM sha-NA va-yo-LED et-av-RAM et-na-KHOR ve-et-ha-RAN
In context — Genesis 11:26
Terah lived seventy years he fathered Abram Nahor and Haran
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:26, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְחִי־תֶ֖רַח (vayekhiterakh) 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.11.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.26.W1.S1) and character.