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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ham-me-a-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.