Genesis 11:6:10Gen.11.6.W10PAT

הַחִלָּ֣ם

hakhillam

their beginning

Transliteration
ha-khil-LAM
Extended
hah-khil-LAAM
IPA
/ha.ħilˈlaːm/

Meaning by language

English
their beginning
French
leur commencement
Spanish
su comienzo
Portuguese
seu começo
German
ihr Anfang
Russian
их начало
Arabic-Simplified
بدايتهم
Hindi
उनकी शुरुआत
Chinese-Simplified
他们的开始
Korean
그들의 시작
Indonesian
permulaan mereka
Bengali
তাদের সূচনা
Tagalog
kanilang simula
Swahili
mwanzo wao
Amharic
መጀመሪያቸው
Yoruba
ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ wọn
Igbo
mmalite ha
Twi
wɔn mfiaseɛ
Ewe
woƒe gɔmedzedze

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Result
הַ + חִל + לָּ֣ם
ha + khil + lam
hakhillam

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-khil-LAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-khil-LAM la-a-SOT

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH HEN AM e-KHAD ve-sa-FA a-KHAT le-KHUL-LAM ve-ZEH ha-khil-LAM la-a-SOT

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH HEN AM e-KHAD ve-sa-FA a-KHAT le-KHUL-LAM ve-ZEH ha-khil-LAM la-a-SOT ve-at-TA lo-yib-ba-TSER me-HEM KOL a-SHER yaz-MU la-a-SOT

In contextGenesis 11:6

LORD said behold people one and language one for all of them and this their beginning to do and now all that plan to do will not be withheld from them

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 11:6, so the Hebrew word הַחִלָּ֣ם (hakhillam) 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.11.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.6.W10.S1) and character.