Genesis 14:2:16Gen.14.2.W16PAT

בֶּ֖לַע

bela

Bela

Transliteration
be-LA
Extended
beh-LAH
IPA
/bɛ.ˈlaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
Bela
French
Béla
Spanish
Bela
Portuguese
Bela
German
Bela
Russian
Белы
Arabic-Simplified
بالع
Hindi
बेला का
Chinese-Simplified
比拉的
Korean
벨라의
Indonesian
Bela
Bengali
বেলার
Tagalog
Bela
Swahili
Bela
Amharic
የቤላ
Yoruba
Bela
Igbo
Bela
Twi
Bela
Ewe
Bela

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Result
בֶּ֖ + לַע
be + la
bela

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-ME-lekh be-LA

  3. clause

    shin-AV ME-lekh ad-MA ve-shem-E-ver ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh be-LA HI tso-AR

  4. sentence

    a-SU mil-kha-MA et-be-RA ME-lekh se-DOM ve-et-bir-SHA ME-lekh a-mo-RA shin-AV ME-lekh ad-MA ve-shem-E-ver ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh be-LA HI tso-AR

In contextGenesis 14:2

they waged war Bera king of Sodom and Birsha king of Gomorrah Shinab king of Admah and Shemeber king of Zeboiim and king of Bela that is Zoar

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 14:2, so the Hebrew word בֶּ֖לַע (bela) 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.14.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.2.W16.S1) and character.