Genesis 20:18:7Gen.20.18.W7PAT
אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ
avimelekh
“Abimelech”
- Transliteration
- a-vi-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ah-vee-MEH-lekh
- IPA
- /ʔă.viːˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abimelech
- French
- Abimélec
- Spanish
- Abimélec
- Portuguese
- Abimeleque
- German
- Abimelech
- Russian
- Авимелеха
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَبِيمَالِكَ
- Hindi
- अबीमेलेक के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亚比米勒的
- Korean
- 아비멜렉의
- Indonesian
- Abimelekh
- Bengali
- অবীমেলেকের
- Tagalog
- Abimelec
- Swahili
- Abimeleki
- Amharic
- የአቢሜሌክ
- Yoruba
- Abimeleki
- Igbo
- Abimelek
- Twi
- Abimelek
- Ewe
- Abimelek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vi-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
le-VET a-vi-ME-lekh
- clause
ki-a-TSOR a-TSAR Ye-ho-VAH be-AD kol-RE-khem le-VET a-vi-ME-lekh
- sentence
ki-a-TSOR a-TSAR Ye-ho-VAH be-AD kol-RE-khem le-VET a-vi-ME-lekh al-de-VAR sa-RAH E-shet av-ra-HAM
In context — Genesis 20:18
for indeed LORD had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah wife of Abraham
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 20:18, so the Hebrew word אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ (avimelekh) 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.20.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.18.W7.S1) and character.