Genesis 37:16:4Gen.37.16.W4PAT
מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ
mevakesh
“am seeking”
- Transliteration
- me-va-KESH
- Extended
- meh-vah-KEESH
- IPA
- /mə.vaq.ˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- am seeking
- French
- cherche
- Spanish
- busco
- Portuguese
- procuro
- German
- suche
- Russian
- ищу
- Arabic-Simplified
- أطلب
- Hindi
- ढूँढ़ रहा हूँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 寻找
- Korean
- 찾고 있다
- Indonesian
- sedang mencari
- Bengali
- খুঁজছি
- Tagalog
- hinahanap
- Swahili
- ninatafuta
- Amharic
- እፈልጋለሁ
- Yoruba
- ń wá
- Igbo
- na-achọ
- Twi
- merehwehwɛ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
me-va-KESH
- phraseyour reading level
a-no-KHI me-va-KESH
- clause
va-YO-mer et-a-KHAI a-no-KHI me-va-KESH
- sentence
va-YO-mer et-a-KHAI a-no-KHI me-va-KESH ha-gi-da-NA LI ei-FO HEM ro-IM
In context — Genesis 37:16
and he said my brothers I am seeking please tell to me where they are pasturing
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 37:16, so the Hebrew word מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ (mevakesh) 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.37.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.16.W4.S1) and character.