Genesis 25:9:7Gen.25.9.W7PAT

הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה

hammakhpela

Machpelah

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

Meaning by language

English
Machpelah
French
Macpéla
Spanish
Macpela
Portuguese
Macpela
German
Machpela
Russian
Махпела
Arabic-Simplified
الْمَكْفِيلَة
Hindi
मकपेला की
Chinese-Simplified
麦比拉的
Korean
막벨라의
Indonesian
Makpela
Bengali
মকপেলার
Tagalog
Macpela
Swahili
Makpela
Amharic
የመክፔላ
Yoruba
Makipela
Igbo
Makpela
Twi
Makpela
Ewe
Makpela

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Result
הַמ + מַּכְ + פֵּ + לָ֑ה
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. clause

    va-yik-be-RU o-TO yits-KHAK ve-yish-ma-EL ba-NAV el-me-a-RAT ham-makh-pe-LA

  3. sentence

    va-yik-be-RU o-TO yits-KHAK ve-yish-ma-EL ba-NAV el-me-a-RAT ham-makh-pe-LA el-se-DE ef-RON ben-tso-KHAR ha-khit-TI a-SHER al-pe-NE mam-RE

In contextGenesis 25:9

Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him to the cave of Machpelah to the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite which before Mamre

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 25:9, so the Hebrew word הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה (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.25.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.9.W7.S1) and character.