Genesis 21:16:7Gen.21.16.W7PAT

קֶ֔שֶׁת

keshet

a bow

Transliteration
KE-shet
Extended
KEH-sheht
IPA
/ˈqɛ.ʃɛθ/

Meaning by language

English
a bow
French
un arc
Spanish
un arco
Portuguese
um arco
German
Bogens
Russian
лука
Arabic-Simplified
قوس
Hindi
धनुष की
Chinese-Simplified
弓的
Korean
활의
Indonesian
busur
Bengali
ধনুকের
Tagalog
isang busog
Swahili
upinde
Amharic
የቀስት
Yoruba
òfà
Igbo
ụta
Twi
agyan
Ewe
aŋutrɔ ƒe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
קֶ֔ + שֶׁת
ke + shet
keshet

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    KE-shet

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet

  3. clause

    va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led

  4. sentence

    va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK

In contextGenesis 21:16

she went she sat for herself opposite far away like the range of a bow for she said let me not see the death of the child she sat opposite she lifted up her voice she wept

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word קֶ֔שֶׁת (keshet) 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.21.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W7.S1) and character.