Genesis 36:16:4Gen.36.16.W4PAT

אַלּ֣וּף

alloof

chief

Transliteration
al-LOOF
Extended
ahl-LOOF
IPA
/ʔal.ˈluːf/

Meaning by language

English
chief
French
chef
Spanish
jefe
Portuguese
chefe
German
Fürst
Russian
вождь
Arabic-Simplified
زعيم
Hindi
मुखिया
Chinese-Simplified
族长
Korean
족장
Indonesian
kepala suku
Bengali
প্রধান
Tagalog
pinuno
Swahili
chifu
Amharic
አለቃ
Yoruba
olórí
Igbo
onye-isi
Twi
ɔpanyin
Ewe
fia

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Result
אַל + לּ֣וּף
al + loof
alloof

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-LOOF

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-LOOF a-ma-LEK

  3. clause

    al-loof-KO-rakh al-LOOF ga-TAM al-LOOF a-ma-LEK

  4. sentence

    al-loof-KO-rakh al-LOOF ga-TAM al-LOOF a-ma-LEK EL-le al-loo-FEI e-li-PAZ be-E-rets e-DOM EL-le be-NEI a-DA

In contextGenesis 36:16

chief Korah chief Gatam chief Amalek these chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom these sons of Adah

About this coordinate

Genesis 36:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 36:16, so the Hebrew word אַלּ֣וּף (alloof) 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.36.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.16.W4.S1) and character.