Genesis 37:15:9Gen.37.15.W9PAT
מַה־תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ׃
matevakesh
“what are you seeking”
- Transliteration
- ma-te-va-KESH
- Extended
- mah-teh-vah-KEESH
- IPA
- /ma.tə.va.ˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what are you seeking
- French
- que cherches-tu
- Spanish
- qué buscas
- Portuguese
- que buscas
- German
- was suchst du
- Russian
- что ты ищешь
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَاذَا تَطْلُبُ
- Hindi
- तू क्या ढूंढ़ रहा है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你在找什么
- Korean
- 네가 무엇을 찾고 있느냐
- Indonesian
- apa yang engkau cari
- Bengali
- তুমি কী খুঁজছ
- Tagalog
- ano ang hinahanap mo
- Swahili
- unatafuta nini
- Amharic
- ምን ትፈልጋለህ
- Yoruba
- kí ni ìwọ ń wá
- Igbo
- gịnị ka ị na-achọ
- Twi
- dɛn na worehwehwɛ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-te-va-KESH
- clause
va-yi-she-a-LE-hu ha-ISH le-MOR ma-te-va-KESH
- sentence
va-yi-me-tsa-E-hu ISH ve-hi-NE to-E ba-sa-DE va-yi-she-a-LE-hu ha-ISH le-MOR ma-te-va-KESH
In context — Genesis 37:15
and he found him a man and behold wandering in the field and he asked him the man saying what are you seeking
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 37:15, so the Hebrew word מַה־תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ (matevakesh) 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.37.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.15.W9.S1) and character.