Genesis 23:19:6Gen.23.19.W6PAT
אֶל־מְעָרַ֞ת
elmearat
“to the cave of”
- Transliteration
- el-me-a-RAT
- Extended
- ehl-meh-ah-RAHT
- IPA
- /ʔel.mə.ʕaˈrat/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the cave of
- French
- dans la grotte de
- Spanish
- en la cueva de
- Portuguese
- na caverna de
- German
- in die Höhle des
- Russian
- в пещеру
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى مغارة
- Hindi
- गुफा में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 洞穴里
- Korean
- 굴에
- Indonesian
- ke gua
- Bengali
- গুহায়
- Tagalog
- sa yungib ng
- Swahili
- katika pango la
- Amharic
- ወደ ዋሻው
- Yoruba
- ninu ihò ti
- Igbo
- n'ọgba nke
- Twi
- wɔ bodan
- Ewe
- do me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-me-a-RAT
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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 23:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 23:19, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מְעָרַ֞ת (elmearat) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.19.W6.S1) and character.