Genesis 23:19:12Gen.23.19.W12PAT

חֶבְר֑וֹן

khevron

Hebron

Transliteration
khev-RON
Extended
khev-ROHN
IPA
/ħɛvˈroːn/

Meaning by language

English
Hebron
French
Hébron
Spanish
Hebrón
Portuguese
Hebrom
German
Hebron
Russian
Хеврон
Arabic-Simplified
حبرون
Hindi
हेब्रोन
Chinese-Simplified
希伯仑
Korean
헤브론
Indonesian
Hebron
Bengali
হেব্রোন
Tagalog
Hebron
Swahili
Hebroni
Amharic
ኬብሮን
Yoruba
Hebron
Igbo
Hebrọn
Twi
Hebron
Ewe
Hebron

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Result
חֶבְ + ר֑וֹן
khev + ron
khevron

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    khev-RON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HI khev-RON

  3. clause

    ve-a-kha-rei-KHEN ka-VAR av-ra-HAM et-sa-RA ish-TO el-me-a-RAT se-DE ham-makh-pe-LA al-pe-NEI mam-RE HI khev-RON

  4. sentence

    ve-a-kha-rei-KHEN ka-VAR av-ra-HAM et-sa-RA ish-TO el-me-a-RAT se-DE ham-makh-pe-LA al-pe-NEI mam-RE HI khev-RON be-E-rets ke-na-AN

In contextGenesis 23:19

and after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife to the cave of the field of Machpelah opposite Mamre that is Hebron in the land of Canaan

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 23:19, so the Hebrew word חֶבְר֑וֹן (khevron) 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.23.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.19.W12.S1) and character.