Genesis 11:3:16Gen.11.3.W16PAT
לַחֹֽמֶר׃
lakhomer
“for mortar”
- Transliteration
- la-KHO-mer
- Extended
- lah-KHOH-mehr
- IPA
- /laˈħoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for mortar
- French
- pour mortier
- Spanish
- para mortero
- Portuguese
- para argamassa
- German
- für Mörtel
- Russian
- для раствора
- Arabic-Simplified
- للملاط
- Hindi
- गारे के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 用作灰泥
- Korean
- 몰탈로
- Indonesian
- untuk adukan
- Bengali
- গাঁথুনির জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa argamasa
- Swahili
- kwa chokaa
- Amharic
- ለሞርታር
- Yoruba
- fún amọ̀
- Igbo
- maka ngwakọta
- Twi
- sɛ mota
- Ewe
- na mota
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
la-KHO-mer
- 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 11:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 11:3, so the Hebrew word לַחֹֽמֶר׃ (lakhomer) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.3.W16.S1) and character.