Genesis 14:3:7Gen.14.3.W7PAT
הַמֶּֽלַח׃
hamelakh
“salt”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lakh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /ham.ˈmɛ.laħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- salt
- French
- sel
- Spanish
- sal
- Portuguese
- sal
- German
- Salzes
- Russian
- соли
- Arabic-Simplified
- الملح
- Hindi
- नमक का
- Chinese-Simplified
- 盐的
- Korean
- 소금의
- Indonesian
- garam
- Bengali
- লবণের
- Tagalog
- asin
- Swahili
- chumvi
- Amharic
- የጨው
- Yoruba
- iyo
- Igbo
- nnu
- Twi
- nkyene
- Ewe
- dze
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הַ + מֶּֽ + לַח׃
↓
ha + me + lakh
↓
hamelakh
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
YAM ha-ME-lakh
- clause
HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
- sentence
kol-EL-leh kha-ve-RU el-E-mek ha-si-DIM HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
In context — Genesis 14:3
all these joined to the valley of Siddim that is the sea of salt
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 14:3, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּֽלַח׃ (hamelakh) 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.14.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.3.W7.S1) and character.