Genesis 13:3:9Gen.13.3.W9PAT

בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה

batekhila

at the beginning

Transliteration
ba-te-khi-LA
Extended
bah-teh-khih-LAA
IPA
/bat.tə.ħilˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
at the beginning
French
au commencement
Spanish
al principio
Portuguese
no princípio
German
am Anfang
Russian
в начале
Arabic-Simplified
في البداية
Hindi
आरम्भ में
Chinese-Simplified
起初
Korean
처음에
Indonesian
pada mulanya
Bengali
প্রথমে
Tagalog
noong pasimula
Swahili
mwanzoni
Amharic
በመጀመሪያ
Yoruba
ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
Igbo
na mmalite
Twi
mfitiaseɛ mu
Ewe
le gɔmedzedzea me

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Result
בַּ + תְּ + חִ + לָּ֔ה
ba + te + khi + la
batekhila

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-te-khi-LA

  2. clause

    ad-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-ha-YA SHAM a-ho-LO ba-te-khi-LA BEIN beit-EL u-VEIN ha-AI

  3. sentence

    va-ye-LEKH le-mas-sa-AV min-NE-gev ve-ad-beit-EL ad-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-ha-YA SHAM a-ho-LO ba-te-khi-LA BEIN beit-EL u-VEIN ha-AI

In contextGenesis 13:3

from the Negeb and he went by his stages and as far as Bethel as far as the place which had been there his tent at the beginning between Bethel and between the Ai

About this coordinate

Genesis 13:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 13:3, so the Hebrew word בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה (batekhila) 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.13.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.3.W9.S1) and character.