Genesis 26:18:7Gen.26.18.W7PAT

חָֽפְרוּ֙

khafru

they dug

Transliteration
khaf-RU
Extended
khahf-ROO
IPA
/ħaːfˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
they dug
French
ils creusèrent
Spanish
cavaron
Portuguese
cavaram
German
sie gruben
Russian
выкопали
Arabic-Simplified
حَفَرُوا
Hindi
उन्होंने खोदा
Chinese-Simplified
挖过
Korean
팠던
Indonesian
menggali
Bengali
তারা খনন করেছিল
Tagalog
hinukay nila
Swahili
walichimba
Amharic
ቈፈሩ
Yoruba
wọ́n walẹ̀
Igbo
ha gwuru
Twi
wotutuu
Ewe
woɖɔ

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Result
חָֽפְ + רוּ֙
khaf + ru
khafru

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    khaf-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER khaf-RU

  3. clause

    va-ya-SHAV yi-tse-KHAK va-yakh-POR et-be-e-ROT ha-MA-yim a-SHER khaf-RU bi-MEI a-vra-HAM a-VIV va-ye-sat-MUM pe-lish-TIM a-kha-REI MOT a-vra-HAM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-SHAV yi-tse-KHAK va-yakh-POR et-be-e-ROT ha-MA-yim a-SHER khaf-RU bi-MEI a-vra-HAM a-VIV va-ye-sat-MUM pe-lish-TIM a-kha-REI MOT a-vra-HAM va-yik-RA la-HEN she-MOT ka-she-MOT a-sher-ka-RA la-HEN a-VIV

In contextGenesis 26:18

Isaac returned dug the wells of the water that they dug in the days of Abraham his father the Philistines stopped them up after the death of Abraham he called to them names like the names that he called to them his father

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 26:18, so the Hebrew word חָֽפְרוּ֙ (khafru) 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.26.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.18.W7.S1) and character.