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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-te-khi-LA
- clause
ad-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-ha-YA SHAM a-ho-LO ba-te-khi-LA BEIN beit-EL u-VEIN ha-AI
- 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 context — Genesis 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.