Genesis 12:18:5Gen.12.18.W5PAT
מַה־זֹּ֖את
mahzot
“what is this”
- Transliteration
- mah-ZOT
- Extended
- mah-ZOHT
- IPA
- /maˈzoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is this
- French
- qu'est-ce que ceci
- Spanish
- qué es esto
- Portuguese
- que é isto
- German
- was ist das
- Russian
- что это
- Arabic-Simplified
- ما هذه
- Hindi
- यह क्या है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 这是什么
- Korean
- 이것이 무엇이냐
- Indonesian
- apakah ini
- Bengali
- এটা কী
- Tagalog
- ano ito
- Swahili
- ni nini hiki
- Amharic
- ይህ ምንድር ነው
- Yoruba
- kí ni èyí
- Igbo
- gịnị bụ nke a
- Twi
- dɛn ne eyi
- Ewe
- nu ka esia nye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
mah-ZOT
- clause
va-yik-RA far-O le-av-RAM va-YO-mer mah-ZOT a-SI-ta LI
- sentence
va-yik-RA far-O le-av-RAM va-YO-mer mah-ZOT a-SI-ta LI LA-ma lo-hi-GAD-ta LI KI ish-te-KHA HI
In context — Genesis 12:18
Pharaoh called Abram said what is this you have done to me why you did not tell to me that she is your wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 12:18, so the Hebrew word מַה־זֹּ֖את (mahzot) 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.12.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.18.W5.S1) and character.