Genesis 18:8:3Gen.18.8.W3PAT
וְחָלָ֗ב
vekhalav
“and milk”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-LAV
- Extended
- veh-khah-LAAV
- IPA
- /wə.ħaː.ˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and milk
- French
- et du lait
- Spanish
- y leche
- Portuguese
- e leite
- German
- und Milch
- Russian
- и молоко
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَلَبَنًا
- Hindi
- और दूध
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和奶
- Korean
- 그리고 우유
- Indonesian
- dan susu
- Bengali
- এবং দুধ
- Tagalog
- at gatas
- Swahili
- na maziwa
- Amharic
- እና ወተት
- Yoruba
- ati wara
- Igbo
- na mmiri ara ehi
- Twi
- ne nufusu
- Ewe
- kple nɔnɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-LAV
- clause
va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM TA-khat ha-ETS va-yo-khe-LU
In context — Genesis 18:8
he took curds and milk and a calf of the herd that he had prepared he set before them they ate and he was standing by them under the tree
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:8, so the Hebrew word וְחָלָ֗ב (vekhalav) 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.18.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.8.W3.S1) and character.