Genesis 21:17:12Gen.21.17.W12PAT
מַה־לָּ֣ךְ
mahlakh
“what troubles you”
- Transliteration
- mah-LAKH
- Extended
- mah-LAAKH
- IPA
- /mah.ˈlaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- what troubles you
- French
- qu'est-ce qui te trouble
- Spanish
- qué te pasa
- Portuguese
- que te aflige
- German
- was ist mit dir
- Russian
- что с тобой
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَا لَكِ
- Hindi
- तुझे क्या हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你怎么了
- Korean
- 네게 무슨 일이냐
- Indonesian
- ada apa denganmu
- Bengali
- তোমার কী হয়েছে
- Tagalog
- ano ang bumabagabag sa iyo
- Swahili
- nini kinakusumbua
- Amharic
- ምን ሆነብሽ
- Yoruba
- kí ni ńṣe ọ
- Igbo
- gịnị na-eme gị
- Twi
- dɛn na ɛhaw wo
- Ewe
- nu ka le dzɔ yim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
mah-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
mah-LAKH ha-GAR
- clause
va-yish-MA e-lo-HIM et-KOL ha-na-AR va-yik-RA mal-AKH e-lo-HIM el-ha-GAR min-ha-sha-MA-yim va-YO-mer LAH mah-LAKH ha-GAR
- sentence
va-yish-MA e-lo-HIM et-KOL ha-na-AR va-yik-RA mal-AKH e-lo-HIM el-ha-GAR min-ha-sha-MA-yim va-YO-mer LAH mah-LAKH ha-GAR al-tir-I ki-sha-MA e-lo-HIM el-KOL ha-na-AR ba-a-SHER hu-SHAM
In context — Genesis 21:17
God heard the voice of the boy the angel of God called to Hagar from the heavens He said to her what troubles you Hagar do not fear God for has heard the voice of the boy where he is there
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 21:17, so the Hebrew word מַה־לָּ֣ךְ (mahlakh) 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.21.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.17.W12.S1) and character.