Genesis 29:17:4Gen.29.17.W4PAT
וְרָחֵל֙
verakhel
“but Rachel”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-KHEL
- Extended
- veh-rah-KHEL
- IPA
- /wə.raː.ˈħeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- but Rachel
- French
- mais Rachel
- Spanish
- pero Raquel
- Portuguese
- mas Raquel
- German
- aber Rahel
- Russian
- но Рахиль
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكن راحيل
- Hindi
- परन्तु राहेल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 但拉结
- Korean
- 그러나 라헬은
- Indonesian
- tetapi Rahel
- Bengali
- কিন্তু রাখেল
- Tagalog
- ngunit si Raquel
- Swahili
- lakini Raheli
- Amharic
- ግን ራሔል
- Yoruba
- ṣugbọn Rakeli
- Igbo
- ma Rechel
- Twi
- nanso Rahel
- Ewe
- gake Rahel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וְ + רָ + חֵל֙
↓
ve + ra + khel
↓
verakhel
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ra-KHEL
- clause
ve-ra-KHEL ha-ye-TA ye-fat-TO-ar vi-FAT mar-E
- sentence
ve-ei-NEI le-A ra-KOT ve-ra-KHEL ha-ye-TA ye-fat-TO-ar vi-FAT mar-E
In context — Genesis 29:17
eyes of Leah were weak but Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 29:17, so the Hebrew word וְרָחֵל֙ (verakhel) 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.29.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.17.W4.S1) and character.