Genesis 29:24:8Gen.29.24.W8PAT
שִׁפְחָֽה׃
shifkha
“as maidservant”
- Transliteration
- shif-KHA
- Extended
- shihf-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʃif.ˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as maidservant
- French
- comme servante
- Spanish
- como sierva
- Portuguese
- como serva
- German
- als Magd
- Russian
- как служанку
- Arabic-Simplified
- أمة
- Hindi
- दासी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 作婢女
- Korean
- 여종으로
- Indonesian
- sebagai hamba perempuan
- Bengali
- দাসী হিসেবে
- Tagalog
- bilang aliping babae
- Swahili
- kama mjakazi
- Amharic
- እንደ ሴት አገልጋይ
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìránṣẹ́bìnrin
- Igbo
- dịka odibo nwanyị
- Twi
- sɛ afenaa
- Ewe
- abe eƒevi nyɔnu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שִׁפְ + חָֽה׃
↓
shif + kha
↓
shifkha
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
shif-KHA
- clause
le-le-A bit-TO shif-KHA
- sentence
va-yit-TEN la-VAN LAH et-zil-PA shif-kha-TO le-le-A bit-TO shif-KHA
In context — Genesis 29:24
gave Laban to her Zilpah his maidservant to Leah his daughter as maidservant
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 29:24, so the Hebrew word שִׁפְחָֽה׃ (shifkha) 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.29.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.24.W8.S1) and character.