Genesis 12:11:3Gen.12.11.W3PAT
הִקְרִ֖יב
hikeriv
“he came near”
- Transliteration
- hi-ke-RIV
- Extended
- hih-keh-REEV
- IPA
- /hiq.ˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he came near
- French
- il s'approcha
- Spanish
- se acercó
- Portuguese
- aproximou-se
- German
- er näherte sich
- Russian
- он приблизился
- Arabic-Simplified
- اقْتَرَبَ
- Hindi
- वह निकट आया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他走近
- Korean
- 그가 가까이 왔다
- Indonesian
- ia mendekat
- Bengali
- সে কাছে এলো
- Tagalog
- lumapit siya
- Swahili
- alikaribia
- Amharic
- ቀረበ
- Yoruba
- ó súnmọ́
- Igbo
- o bịarutere nso
- Twi
- ɔbɛn
- Ewe
- e te ɖe ŋgɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-ke-RIV
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER hi-ke-RIV
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hi-ke-RIV la-VO mi-tse-RA-ye-ma
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hi-ke-RIV la-VO mi-tse-RA-ye-ma va-YO-mer el-sa-RAI i-she-TO hi-ne-NA ya-DA-ti KI i-SHA ye-fat-mar-EH AT
In context — Genesis 12:11
it happened when he came near to enter Egypt he said to Sarai his wife look now I know that you are beautiful in appearance a woman
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 12:11, so the Hebrew word הִקְרִ֖יב (hikeriv) 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.12.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.11.W3.S1) and character.