Genesis 27:20:4Gen.27.20.W4PAT

מַה־זֶּ֛ה

maze

what is this

Transliteration
ma-ZE
Extended
mah-ZEH
IPA
/maˈzɛ/

Meaning by language

English
what is this
French
qu'est-ce que ceci
Spanish
qué es esto
Portuguese
que é isto
German
was ist das
Russian
что это
Arabic-Simplified
ما هذا
Hindi
यह क्या है
Chinese-Simplified
这是什么
Korean
이것이 무엇이냐
Indonesian
apa ini
Bengali
এটা কী
Tagalog
ano ito
Swahili
hiki ni nini
Amharic
ይህ ምንድር ነው
Yoruba
kí ni èyí
Igbo
gịnị ka nke a bụ
Twi
dɛn ni
Ewe
nu ka esia nye

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Result
מַה + זֶּ֛ה
ma + ze
maze

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-ZE

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER yits-KHAK el-be-NO ma-ZE mi-har-TA lim-TSO be-NI

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER yits-KHAK el-be-NO ma-ZE mi-har-TA lim-TSO be-NI va-yo-MER KI hik-RA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-fa-NAI

In contextGenesis 27:20

Isaac said to his son what is this you hurried to find my son he said because LORD your God caused to happen before me

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 27:20, so the Hebrew word מַה־זֶּ֛ה (maze) 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.27.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.20.W4.S1) and character.