Genesis 26:5:1Gen.26.5.W1PAT
עֵ֕קֶב
ekev
“because”
- Transliteration
- E-kev
- Extended
- EH-kehv
- IPA
- /ˈʕeː.qɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
- French
- parce que
- Spanish
- porque
- Portuguese
- porque
- German
- weil
- Russian
- потому что
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأنّ
- Hindi
- क्योंकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因为
- Korean
- 왜냐하면
- Indonesian
- karena
- Bengali
- কারণ
- Tagalog
- sapagkat
- Swahili
- kwa sababu
- Amharic
- ምክንያቱም
- Yoruba
- nítorí pé
- Igbo
- n’ihi na
- Twi
- efisɛ
- Ewe
- elabena
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
עֵ֕ + קֶב
↓
e + kev
↓
ekev
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
E-kev
- clause
E-kev a-sher-sha-MA av-ra-HAM be-ko-LI
- sentence
E-kev a-sher-sha-MA av-ra-HAM be-ko-LI va-yish-MOR mish-mar-TI mits-vo-TAI khu-ko-TAI ve-to-ro-TAI
In context — Genesis 26:5
because Abraham obeyed my voice he kept my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:5, so the Hebrew word עֵ֕קֶב (ekev) 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.26.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.5.W1.S1) and character.