Genesis 35:18:5Gen.35.18.W5PAT

מֵ֔תָה

meta

she was dying

Transliteration
ME-ta
Extended
MEH-tah
IPA
/ˈmeː.θaː/

Meaning by language

English
she was dying
French
elle mourait
Spanish
moría
Portuguese
morria
German
sie war am Sterben
Russian
она умирала
Arabic-Simplified
كَانَتْ تَمُوتُ
Hindi
वह मर रही थी
Chinese-Simplified
她正在死去
Korean
그녀가 죽어 가고 있었다
Indonesian
ia sedang sekarat
Bengali
সে মরছিল
Tagalog
siya ay namamatay
Swahili
alikuwa akifa
Amharic
እርስዋ ትሞት ነበር
Yoruba
ó ń kú
Igbo
ọ na-anwụ
Twi
na ɔrewu
Ewe
e ku

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Result
מֵ֔ + תָה
me + ta
meta

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ME-ta

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI ME-ta

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI be-TSET naf-SHAH KI ME-ta va-tik-RA she-MO ben-o-NI

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI be-TSET naf-SHAH KI ME-ta va-tik-RA she-MO ben-o-NI ve-a-VIV ka-ra-LO vin-ya-MIN

In contextGenesis 35:18

and it happened at the departing of her soul for she was dying she called his name Ben-Oni but his father named him Benjamin

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 35:18, so the Hebrew word מֵ֔תָה (meta) 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.35.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.18.W5.S1) and character.