Genesis 36:29:8Gen.36.29.W8PAT
אַלּ֥וּף
aluf
“chief”
- Transliteration
- a-LUF
- Extended
- ah-LOOF
- IPA
- /ʔalˈluːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- chief
- French
- chef
- Spanish
- jefe
- Portuguese
- chefe
- German
- Fürst
- Russian
- вождь
- Arabic-Simplified
- رئيس
- Hindi
- प्रधान
- Chinese-Simplified
- 族长
- Korean
- 족장
- Indonesian
- kepala
- Bengali
- প্রধান
- Tagalog
- pinuno
- Swahili
- mkuu
- Amharic
- አለቃ
- Yoruba
- olórí
- Igbo
- onye isi
- Twi
- ɔkandifoɔ
- Ewe
- amegã
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אַ + לּ֥וּף
↓
a + luf
↓
aluf
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LUF
- phraseyour reading level
a-LUF tsiv-ON
- clause
a-LUF lo-TAN a-LUF sho-VAL a-LUF tsiv-ON a-LUF a-NA
- sentence
EL-le a-lu-FE ha-kho-RI a-LUF lo-TAN a-LUF sho-VAL a-LUF tsiv-ON a-LUF a-NA
In context — Genesis 36:29
these chiefs of the Horites chief Lotan chief Shobal chief Zibeon chief Anah
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 36:29, so the Hebrew word אַלּ֥וּף (aluf) 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.36.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.29.W8.S1) and character.