Genesis 11:30:3Gen.11.30.W3PAT
עֲקָרָ֑ה
akara
“barren”
- Transliteration
- a-ka-RA
- Extended
- ah-kah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʕă.qaː.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- barren
- French
- stérile
- Spanish
- estéril
- Portuguese
- estéril
- German
- unfruchtbar
- Russian
- бесплодна
- Arabic-Simplified
- عَاقِرًا
- Hindi
- बाँझ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 不育
- Korean
- 불임
- Indonesian
- mandul
- Bengali
- বন্ধ্যা
- Tagalog
- baog
- Swahili
- mgumba
- Amharic
- መካን
- Yoruba
- aláìbí
- Igbo
- agàn
- Twi
- obonin
- Ewe
- fofo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
עֲ + קָ + רָ֑ה
↓
a + ka + ra
↓
akara
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ka-RA
- clause
va-te-HI sa-RAI a-ka-RA
- sentence
va-te-HI sa-RAI a-ka-RA EIN LAH va-LAD
In context — Genesis 11:30
Sarai was barren had no she child
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 11:30, so the Hebrew word עֲקָרָ֑ה (akara) 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.11.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.30.W3.S1) and character.