Genesis 23:15:9Gen.23.15.W9PAT
מַה־הִ֑וא
mahi
“what is it”
- Transliteration
- ma-HI
- Extended
- mah-HEE
- IPA
- /ma.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is it
- French
- qu'est-ce que c'est
- Spanish
- qué es ello
- Portuguese
- que é isso
- German
- was ist das
- Russian
- что это
- Arabic-Simplified
- ما هي
- Hindi
- यह क्या है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 这是什么
- Korean
- 무엇입니까
- Indonesian
- apakah itu
- Bengali
- এটা কী
- Tagalog
- ano iyon
- Swahili
- ni nini
- Amharic
- ምንድር ነው
- Yoruba
- kí ni í ṣe
- Igbo
- gịnị ka ọ bụ
- Twi
- ɛdeɛn na ɛyɛ
- Ewe
- nu kae nye
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ma-HI
- clause
a-do-NI she-ma-E-ni E-rets ar-BA me-OT she-kel-KE-sef bei-NI u-vein-KHA ma-HI
- sentence
a-do-NI she-ma-E-ni E-rets ar-BA me-OT she-kel-KE-sef bei-NI u-vein-KHA ma-HI ve-et-met-KHA ke-VOR
In context — Genesis 23:15
hear me my lord land four hundred shekels of silver what is it between me and you bury and your dead
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 23:15, so the Hebrew word מַה־הִ֑וא (mahi) 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.23.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.15.W9.S1) and character.