Genesis 30:12:3Gen.30.12.W3PAT
שִׁפְחַ֣ת
shifkhat
“maidservant of”
- Transliteration
- shif-KHAT
- Extended
- shihf-KHAHT
- IPA
- /ʃif.ˈħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- maidservant of
- French
- servante de
- Spanish
- sierva de
- Portuguese
- serva de
- German
- Magd von
- Russian
- служанка
- Arabic-Simplified
- جارية
- Hindi
- दासी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 婢女
- Korean
- 여종
- Indonesian
- hamba perempuan dari
- Bengali
- দাসী
- Tagalog
- aliping babae ni
- Swahili
- mjakazi wa
- Amharic
- ሴት ባሪያ
- Yoruba
- iranṣẹbinrin ti
- Igbo
- odibo nwanyị nke
- Twi
- afenaa
- Ewe
- dɔlanyɔnu si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שִׁפְ + חַ֣ת
↓
shif + khat
↓
shifkhat
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
shif-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
shif-KHAT le-A
- sentence
va-TE-led zil-PA shif-KHAT le-A BEN she-NI le-ya-a-KOV
In context — Genesis 30:12
bore Zilpah maidservant of Leah son second for Jacob
About this coordinate
Genesis 30:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 30:12, so the Hebrew word שִׁפְחַ֣ת (shifkhat) 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.30.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.12.W3.S1) and character.