Genesis 21:25:8Gen.21.25.W8PAT

גָּזְל֖וּ

gazelu

seized

Transliteration
ga-ze-LU
Extended
gah-zeh-LOO
IPA
/gaː.zə.ˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
seized
French
avaient saisi
Spanish
habían arrebatado
Portuguese
tinham tomado
German
geraubt hatten
Russian
захватили
Arabic-Simplified
اغْتَصَبَهَا
Hindi
छीन लिया था
Chinese-Simplified
夺取的
Korean
빼앗은
Indonesian
telah merampas
Bengali
ছিনিয়ে নিয়েছিল
Tagalog
inagaw
Swahili
walitwaa
Amharic
ነጠቁት
Yoruba
gba
Igbo
weghaara
Twi
gyee
Ewe
ɖe asi le

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Result
גָּ + זְ + ל֖וּ
ga + ze + lu
gazelu

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Zayinz as in zero
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ga-ze-LU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ga-ze-LU

  3. clause

    al-o-DOT be-ER ha-MA-yim a-SHER ga-ze-LU av-DEI a-vi-ME-lekh

  4. sentence

    ve-ho-KHI-akh av-ra-HAM ET-a-vi-ME-lekh al-o-DOT be-ER ha-MA-yim a-SHER ga-ze-LU av-DEI a-vi-ME-lekh

In contextGenesis 21:25

Abraham reproved Abimelech about well of water that seized servants of Abimelech

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 21:25, so the Hebrew word גָּזְל֖וּ (gazelu) 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.21.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.25.W8.S1) and character.