Genesis 26:8:7Gen.26.8.W7PAT
אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙
avimelekh
“Abimelech”
- Transliteration
- a-vi-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ah-vee-MEH-lekh
- IPA
- /ʔă.vi.ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abimelech
- French
- Abimélek
- Spanish
- Abimelec
- Portuguese
- Abimeleque
- German
- Abimelech
- Russian
- Авимелех
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَبِيمَالِك
- Hindi
- अबीमेलेक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亚比米勒
- Korean
- 아비멜렉
- Indonesian
- Abimelekh
- Bengali
- অবীমেলেক
- Tagalog
- Abimelec
- Swahili
- Abimeleki
- Amharic
- አቢሜሌክ
- Yoruba
- Abimeleki
- Igbo
- Abimelek
- Twi
- Abimelek
- Ewe
- Abimelek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vi-ME-lekh
- clause
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
- 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 26:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 26:8, so the Hebrew word אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ (avimelekh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.8.W7.S1) and character.