Genesis 26:1:2Gen.26.1.W2PAT

רָעָב֙

raav

famine

Transliteration
ra-AV
Extended
rah-AAV
IPA
/raː.ˈʕaːv/

Meaning by language

English
famine
French
une famine
Spanish
hambruna
Portuguese
fome
German
eine Hungersnot
Russian
голод
Arabic-Simplified
مجاعة
Hindi
अकाल
Chinese-Simplified
饥荒
Korean
기근이
Indonesian
kelaparan
Bengali
দুর্ভিক্ষ
Tagalog
taggutom
Swahili
njaa
Amharic
ረሃብ
Yoruba
ìyàn
Igbo
ụnwụ nri
Twi
ɔkɔm
Ewe
dɔwɔame

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Result
רָ + עָב֙
ra + av
raav

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ra-AV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI ra-AV

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ra-AV ba-A-rets mil-le-VAD ha-ra-AV ha-ri-SHON a-SHER ha-YA bi-MEI av-ra-HAM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ra-AV ba-A-rets mil-le-VAD ha-ra-AV ha-ri-SHON a-SHER ha-YA bi-MEI av-ra-HAM va-YE-lekh yits-KHAK EL-a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh-pe-lish-TIM ge-ra-RA

In contextGenesis 26:1

famine there was in the land besides the famine the first which was in the days of Abraham Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 26:1, so the Hebrew word רָעָב֙ (raav) 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.26.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.1.W2.S1) and character.