Genesis 12:19:11Gen.12.19.W11PAT
אִשְׁתְּךָ֖
ishtekha
“your wife”
- Transliteration
- ish-te-KHA
- Extended
- ihsh-teh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃ.tə.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your wife
- French
- ta femme
- Spanish
- tu esposa
- Portuguese
- tua esposa
- German
- deine Frau
- Russian
- твоя жена
- Arabic-Simplified
- زَوْجَتُكَ
- Hindi
- तुम्हारी पत्नी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你的妻子
- Korean
- 네 아내
- Indonesian
- istrimu
- Bengali
- তোমার স্ত্রী
- Tagalog
- asawa mo
- Swahili
- mke wako
- Amharic
- ሚስትህ
- Yoruba
- aya re
- Igbo
- nwunye gi
- Twi
- wo yere
- Ewe
- wò srɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ish-te-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE ish-te-KHA
- clause
ve-a-TA hi-NE ish-te-KHA KAKH va-LEKH
- sentence
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA ve-a-TA hi-NE ish-te-KHA KAKH va-LEKH
In context — Genesis 12:19
why did you say she my sister and I took her for me for a wife and now behold your wife take and go
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 12:19, so the Hebrew word אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ (ishtekha) 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.12.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.19.W11.S1) and character.