Genesis 12:17:7Gen.12.17.W7PAT
עַל־דְּבַ֥ר
aldevar
“because of”
- Transliteration
- al-de-VAR
- Extended
- ahl-deh-VAHR
- IPA
- /ʕal.də.ˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
- French
- à cause de
- Spanish
- a causa de
- Portuguese
- por causa de
- German
- wegen
- Russian
- из-за
- Arabic-Simplified
- بِسَبَبِ
- Hindi
- के कारण
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因为
- Korean
- 때문에
- Indonesian
- karena
- Bengali
- কারণে
- Tagalog
- dahil kay
- Swahili
- kwa sababu ya
- Amharic
- ስለ
- Yoruba
- nítorí
- Igbo
- n'ihi
- Twi
- nti
- Ewe
- ta
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-de-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
al-de-VAR sa-RAI
- clause
al-de-VAR sa-RAI ESH-et av-RAM
- sentence
va-ye-na-GA Ye-ho-VAH ET-par-O ne-ga-IM ge-do-LIM ve-ET-be-TO al-de-VAR sa-RAI ESH-et av-RAM
In context — Genesis 12:17
LORD afflicted great with plagues Pharaoh and his house because of Sarai wife of Abram
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 12:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־דְּבַ֥ר (aldevar) 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.12.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.17.W7.S1) and character.