Genesis 37:17:13Gen.37.17.W13PAT
אֶחָ֔יו
ekhav
“his brothers”
- Transliteration
- e-KHAV
- Extended
- eh-KHAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈħaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- his brothers
- French
- ses frères
- Spanish
- sus hermanos
- Portuguese
- seus irmãos
- German
- seine Brüder
- Russian
- его братья
- Arabic-Simplified
- إخوته
- Hindi
- उसके भाई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他的兄弟们
- Korean
- 그의 형제들
- Indonesian
- saudara-saudaranya
- Bengali
- তার ভাইদের
- Tagalog
- ang kanyang mga kapatid na lalaki
- Swahili
- ndugu zake
- Amharic
- ወንድሞቹ
- Yoruba
- àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀
- Igbo
- ụmụnne ya nwoke
- Twi
- ne nuanom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-KHAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHAR e-KHAV
- clause
va-YE-lekh yo-SEF a-KHAR e-KHAV va-yi-me-tsa-EM be-do-TAN
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ISH na-se-U miz-ZEH KI sha-MA-e-ti o-me-RIM ne-le-KHA do-TAI-na va-YE-lekh yo-SEF a-KHAR e-KHAV va-yi-me-tsa-EM be-do-TAN
In context — Genesis 37:17
and he said the man they have set out from here for I heard saying let us go to Dothan and he went Joseph after his brothers and he found them in Dothan
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 37:17, so the Hebrew word אֶחָ֔יו (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.37.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.17.W13.S1) and character.