Genesis 27:37:18Gen.27.37.W18PAT
מָ֥ה
ma
“what”
- Transliteration
- MA
- Extended
- MAA
- IPA
- /ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
- French
- que
- Spanish
- qué
- Portuguese
- que
- German
- was
- Russian
- что
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَاذَا
- Hindi
- क्या
- Chinese-Simplified
- 什么
- Korean
- 무엇을
- Indonesian
- apa
- Bengali
- কী
- Tagalog
- ano
- Swahili
- nini
- Amharic
- ምን
- Yoruba
- kini
- Igbo
- gini
- Twi
- dɛn
- Ewe
- nu ka
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MA
- phraseyour reading level
MA e-e-SE
- clause
oo-le-KHA e-FO MA e-e-SE be-NI
- sentence
va-YA-an yi-tse-KHAK va-YO-mer le-e-SAV HEN ge-VIR sa-me-TIV LAKH ve-et-kol-e-KHAV na-TA-ti LO la-a-va-DIM ve-da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH se-ma-khe-TIV oo-le-KHA e-FO MA e-e-SE be-NI
In context — Genesis 27:37
Isaac answered to Esau said behold lord I have set him over you and all his brothers I have given to him as servants with grain and new wine I have sustained him and for you then what shall I do my son
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:37:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 27:37, so the Hebrew word מָ֥ה (ma) 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.27.37.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.37.W18.S1) and character.