Genesis 21:27:9Gen.21.27.W9PAT

בְּרִֽית׃

berit

a covenant

Transliteration
be-RIT
Extended
beh-REET
IPA
/bə.ˈriːθ/

Meaning by language

English
a covenant
French
une alliance
Spanish
un pacto
Portuguese
uma aliança
German
einen Bund
Russian
завет
Arabic-Simplified
عَهْدًا
Hindi
एक संधि
Chinese-Simplified
盟约
Korean
언약을
Indonesian
suatu perjanjian
Bengali
একটি চুক্তি
Tagalog
ng isang tipan
Swahili
agano
Amharic
ቃል ኪዳን
Yoruba
majẹmu
Igbo
ọgbụgba ndụ
Twi
apam
Ewe
nubabla

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Result
בְּ + רִֽית׃
be + rit
berit

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-RIT

  2. clause

    va-yikh-re-TU she-NEI-hem be-RIT

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM TSON u-va-KAR va-yit-TEN la-a-vi-ME-lekh va-yikh-re-TU she-NEI-hem be-RIT

In contextGenesis 21:27

Abraham took sheep and cattle gave to Abimelech the two of them made a covenant

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 21:27, so the Hebrew word בְּרִֽית׃ (berit) 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.21.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.27.W9.S1) and character.