Genesis 11:3:13Gen.11.3.W13PAT
וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר
vehhakhemar
“and the bitumen”
- Transliteration
- veh-ha-khe-MAR
- Extended
- veh-hah-kheh-MAAR
- IPA
- /və.ha.ħeːˈmaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the bitumen
- French
- et le bitume
- Spanish
- y el betún
- Portuguese
- e o betume
- German
- und das Bitumen
- Russian
- и битум
- Arabic-Simplified
- والقار
- Hindi
- और डामर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而那沥青
- Korean
- 그리고 그 역청
- Indonesian
- dan bitumen
- Bengali
- আর আলকাতরা
- Tagalog
- at ang aspalto
- Swahili
- na lami
- Amharic
- እና ጥቁር ሙጫው
- Yoruba
- àti bitumen náà
- Igbo
- na bitumen ahụ
- Twi
- bitumen no
- Ewe
- kple kɔltar la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ha-khe-MAR
- clause
va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA le-A-ven veh-ha-khe-MAR ha-YA la-HEM la-KHO-mer
- sentence
va-yom-RU ISH el-re-EH-hu HA-va nil-be-NA leh-ve-NEEM veh-nis-re-FA lis-re-FA va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA le-A-ven veh-ha-khe-MAR ha-YA la-HEM la-KHO-mer
In context — Genesis 11:3
each one {And} they said to his fellow come let us make bricks {And} let us burn for burning the brick {And} became for them as stone and the bitumen was for them for mortar
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 11:3, so the Hebrew word וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר (vehhakhemar) 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.11.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.3.W13.S1) and character.