Genesis 15:9:5Gen.15.9.W5PAT

עֶגְלָ֣ה

egela

a heifer

Transliteration
e-ge-LA
Extended
eh-geh-LAA
IPA
/ʕɛɣ.ˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
a heifer
French
une génisse
Spanish
una novilla
Portuguese
uma novilha
German
eine Färse
Russian
тёлку
Arabic-Simplified
عِجْلَةً
Hindi
एक बछिया
Chinese-Simplified
一头小母牛
Korean
암송아지 한 마리
Indonesian
seekor sapi betina muda
Bengali
একটি বকনা বাছুর
Tagalog
isang dumalagang baka
Swahili
mtamba
Amharic
አንዲት ጊደር
Yoruba
abo màlúù
Igbo
ehi nwanyị
Twi
nantwibere
Ewe
nyi nyɔnu

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Result
עֶ + גְ + לָ֣ה
e + ge + la
egela

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Gimelg as in good
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-ge-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-ge-LA me-shu-LE-shet

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer e-LAV ke-KHA LI e-ge-LA me-shu-LE-shet ve-EZ me-shu-LE-shet ve-a-YIL me-shu-LASH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAV ke-KHA LI e-ge-LA me-shu-LE-shet ve-EZ me-shu-LE-shet ve-a-YIL me-shu-LASH ve-TOR ve-go-ZAL

In contextGenesis 15:9

He said to him take for me three years old a heifer three years old and a female goat three years old and a ram and a turtledove and a young pigeon

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 15:9, so the Hebrew word עֶגְלָ֣ה (egela) 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.15.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.9.W5.S1) and character.