Genesis 20:18:8Gen.20.18.W8PAT
עַל־דְּבַ֥ר
aldevar
“because of”
- Transliteration
- al-de-VAR
- Extended
- ahl-deh-VAHR
- IPA
- /ʕal.dəˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
- French
- à cause de
- Spanish
- por causa de
- Portuguese
- por causa de
- German
- wegen
- Russian
- из-за
- Arabic-Simplified
- بِسَبَبِ
- Hindi
- के कारण
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因着
- Korean
- 때문에
- Indonesian
- karena
- Bengali
- কারণে
- Tagalog
- dahil kay
- Swahili
- kwa sababu ya
- Amharic
- ስለ
- Yoruba
- nítorí
- Igbo
- n'ihi
- Twi
- esiane
- Ewe
- ta
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
al-de-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
al-de-VAR sa-RAH
- clause
al-de-VAR sa-RAH E-shet av-ra-HAM
- 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 20:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 20:18, so the Hebrew word עַל־דְּבַ֥ר (aldevar) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.18.W8.S1) and character.