Genesis 19:20:4Gen.19.20.W4PAT

קְרֹבָ֛ה

kerova

near

Transliteration
ke-ro-VA
Extended
keh-roh-VAA
IPA
/qə.ro.ˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
near
French
proche
Spanish
cercana
Portuguese
próxima
German
nahe
Russian
близка
Arabic-Simplified
قريبة
Hindi
निकट
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
가까운
Indonesian
dekat
Bengali
নিকট
Tagalog
malapit
Swahili
karibu
Amharic
ቅርብ
Yoruba
súnmọ́
Igbo
nso
Twi
abɛn
Ewe
te ɖe

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Result
קְ + רֹ + בָ֛ה
ke + ro + va
kerova

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-ro-VA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA

  3. clause

    hi-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR

  4. sentence

    hi-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR i-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI

In contextGenesis 19:20

look please this city near to flee there and it is small let me escape please there it is it not small my life may live

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:20, so the Hebrew word קְרֹבָ֛ה (kerova) 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.19.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.20.W4.S1) and character.