Genesis 37:12:2Gen.37.12.W2PAT
אֶחָ֑יו
ekhav
“his brothers”
- Transliteration
- e-KHAV
- Extended
- eh-KHAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.ˈħaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his brothers
- French
- ses frères
- Spanish
- sus hermanos
- Portuguese
- seus irmãos
- German
- seine Brüder
- Russian
- его братья
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِخْوَتُهُ
- Hindi
- उसके भाई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他的兄弟们
- Korean
- 그의 형제들
- Indonesian
- saudara-saudaranya
- Bengali
- তার ভাইয়েরা
- Tagalog
- ang kaniyang mga kapatid na lalaki
- Swahili
- ndugu zake
- Amharic
- ወንድሞቹ
- Yoruba
- àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀
- Igbo
- ụmụnne ya
- Twi
- ne nuanom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶ + חָ֑יו
↓
e + khav
↓
ekhav
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-KHAV
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU e-KHAV
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU e-KHAV li-re-OT et-TSON a-vi-HEM bi-she-KHEM
In context — Genesis 37:12
and went his brothers to pasture the flock of their father at Shechem
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 37:12, so the Hebrew word אֶחָ֑יו (ekhav) 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.37.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.12.W2.S1) and character.