Genesis 26:9:9Gen.26.9.W9PAT
וְאֵ֥יךְ
veekh
“how”
- Transliteration
- ve-EKH
- Extended
- veh-EEKH
- IPA
- /və.ˈʔeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- how
- French
- comment
- Spanish
- cómo
- Portuguese
- como
- German
- wie
- Russian
- как
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَيْفَ
- Hindi
- कैसे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 怎么
- Korean
- 어떻게
- Indonesian
- bagaimana
- Bengali
- কেমন করে
- Tagalog
- at paano
- Swahili
- vipi
- Amharic
- እንዴት
- Yoruba
- báwo
- Igbo
- kedu otu
- Twi
- ɛbɛyɛ dɛn
- Ewe
- aleke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ve-EKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EKH a-MAR-ta
- clause
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh le-yits-KHAK va-YO-mer AKH hi-NE ish-te-KHA HI ve-EKH a-MAR-ta a-kho-TI HI
- sentence
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh le-yits-KHAK va-YO-mer AKH hi-NE ish-te-KHA HI ve-EKH a-MAR-ta a-kho-TI HI va-YO-mer e-LAV yits-KHAK KI a-MAR-ti pen-a-MUT a-LE-ha
In context — Genesis 26:9
Abimelech called Isaac said your wife she is indeed look how could you say my sister she is Isaac said to him because I said lest I die because of her
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:9:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 26:9, so the Hebrew word וְאֵ֥יךְ (veekh) 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.26.9.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.9.W9.S1) and character.