Genesis 23:19:8Gen.23.19.W8PAT

הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה

hammakhpela

Machpelah

Transliteration
ham-makh-pe-LA
Extended
hahm-mahkh-peh-LAA
IPA
/ham.max.peˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
Machpelah
French
Macpéla
Spanish
Macpela
Portuguese
Macpela
German
Machpela
Russian
Махпелы
Arabic-Simplified
مكفيلة
Hindi
मकपेला के
Chinese-Simplified
麦比拉的
Korean
막벨라
Indonesian
Makpela
Bengali
মকপেলার
Tagalog
Macpela
Swahili
Makpela
Amharic
መክፈላ
Yoruba
Makpela
Igbo
Makpela
Twi
Makpela
Ewe
Makpela ƒe

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Result
הַמ + מַּכְ + פֵּ + לָ֛ה
ham + makh + pe + la
hammakhpela

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ham-makh-pe-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    se-DE ham-makh-pe-LA

  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 23:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 23:19, so the Hebrew word הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה (hammakhpela) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.19.W8.S1) and character.