Genesis 26:8:17Gen.26.8.W17PAT
רִבְקָ֥ה
rivka
“Rebekah”
- Transliteration
- riv-KA
- Extended
- rihv-KAA
- IPA
- /riv.ˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Rebekah
- French
- Rébecca
- Spanish
- Rebeca
- Portuguese
- Rebeca
- German
- Rebekka
- Russian
- Ревекка
- Arabic-Simplified
- رِفْقَةَ
- Hindi
- रिबका
- Chinese-Simplified
- 利百加
- Korean
- 리브가
- Indonesian
- Ribka
- Bengali
- রিবকা
- Tagalog
- Rebeca
- Swahili
- Rebeka
- Amharic
- ርብቃ
- Yoruba
- Rebeka
- Igbo
- Rebeka
- Twi
- Ribeka
- Ewe
- Rebeka
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
riv-KA
- phraseyour reading level
riv-KA ish-TO
- clause
va-YAR ve-hin-NEH yits-KHAK me-tsa-KHEK ET riv-KA ish-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI ar-khu-LO SHAM ha-ya-MIM va-yash-KEF a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh pe-lish-TIM be-AD ha-khal-LON va-YAR ve-hin-NEH yits-KHAK me-tsa-KHEK ET riv-KA ish-TO
In context — Genesis 26:8
when the days grew long for him there and it happened Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through the window behold he saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 26:8, so the Hebrew word רִבְקָ֥ה (rivka) 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.26.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.8.W17.S1) and character.