Genesis 23:20:3Gen.23.20.W3PAT

וְהַמְּעָרָ֧ה

vehammeara

and the cave

Transliteration
ve-ham-me-a-RA
Extended
veh-hahm-meh-ah-RAA
IPA
/və.ham.mə.ʕa.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
and the cave
French
et la grotte
Spanish
y la cueva
Portuguese
e a caverna
German
und die Höhle
Russian
и пещера
Arabic-Simplified
وَالْمَغَارَةُ
Hindi
और वह गुफा
Chinese-Simplified
和洞穴
Korean
그리고 그 굴
Indonesian
dan gua itu
Bengali
এবং গুহাটি
Tagalog
at ang yungib
Swahili
na pango
Amharic
እና ዋሻው
Yoruba
àti ihò náà
Igbo
na ọgba ahụ
Twi
ne ɔbodan no
Ewe
kple ʋu la

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הַמ + מְּ + עָ + רָ֧ה
ve + ham + me + a + ra
vehammeara

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ham-me-a-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO

  3. clause

    va-ya-KAM has-sa-DE ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO le-av-ra-HAM la-a-khuz-zat-KA-ver

  4. sentence

    va-ya-KAM has-sa-DE ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO le-av-ra-HAM la-a-khuz-zat-KA-ver me-ET be-nei-KHET

In contextGenesis 23:20

the field and the cave that is in it passed to Abraham for a burial holding from the sons of Heth

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 23:20, so the Hebrew word וְהַמְּעָרָ֧ה (vehammeara) 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.23.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.20.W3.S1) and character.