Genesis 14:13:16Gen.14.13.W16PAT

בַּעֲלֵ֥י

baale

were allies

Transliteration
ba-a-LE
Extended
bah-ah-LEE
IPA
/ba.ʕă.ˈleː/

Meaning by language

English
were allies
French
étaient alliés
Spanish
eran aliados
Portuguese
eram aliados
German
waren Verbündete
Russian
были союзниками
Arabic-Simplified
كَانُوا حُلَفَاءَ
Hindi
साथी थे
Chinese-Simplified
是盟友
Korean
동맹들이었다
Indonesian
adalah sekutu
Bengali
ছিল মিত্র
Tagalog
ay mga kakampi
Swahili
walikuwa washirika
Amharic
አጋሮች ነበሩ
Yoruba
jẹ́ alájọṣepọ̀
Igbo
bụ ndị mmekọ
Twi
yɛ apam mu yɔnko
Ewe
nye xɔlɔ̃awo

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Result
בַּ + עֲ + לֵ֥י
ba + a + le
baale

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-a-LE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-a-LE be-rit-av-RAM

  3. clause

    ve-HU sho-KHEN be-e-lo-NE ma-me-RE ha-e-mo-RI a-KHI e-she-KOL va-a-KHI a-NER ve-HEM ba-a-LE be-rit-av-RAM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO ha-pa-LIT va-yag-GED le-av-RAM ha-iv-RI ve-HU sho-KHEN be-e-lo-NE ma-me-RE ha-e-mo-RI a-KHI e-she-KOL va-a-KHI a-NER ve-HEM ba-a-LE be-rit-av-RAM

In contextGenesis 14:13

the fugitive came told to Abram the Hebrew and he dwelling by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner and they were allies in covenant with Abram

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 14:13, so the Hebrew word בַּעֲלֵ֥י (baale) 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.14.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.13.W16.S1) and character.