Genesis 37:26:4Gen.37.26.W4PAT

מַה־בֶּ֗צַע

mabetsa

what profit

Transliteration
ma-BE-tsa
Extended
mah-BEH-tsah
IPA
/ma.ˈbɛ.tsaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
what profit
French
quel profit
Spanish
qué provecho
Portuguese
que proveito
German
welcher Gewinn
Russian
какая выгода
Arabic-Simplified
أيُّ منفعة
Hindi
क्या लाभ
Chinese-Simplified
什么益处
Korean
무슨 이익
Indonesian
keuntungan apa
Bengali
কী লাভ
Tagalog
anong pakinabang
Swahili
faida gani
Amharic
ምን ጥቅም
Yoruba
èrè wo
Igbo
uru gịnị
Twi
mfasoɔ bɛn

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Result
מַה + בֶּ֗ + צַע
ma + be + tsa
mabetsa

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-BE-tsa

  2. clause

    ma-BE-tsa KI na-ha-ROG et-a-KHI-nu ve-khis-SI-nu et-da-MO

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA el-e-KHAV ma-BE-tsa KI na-ha-ROG et-a-KHI-nu ve-khis-SI-nu et-da-MO

In contextGenesis 37:26

and said Judah to his brothers what profit if we kill our brother and cover his blood

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 37:26, so the Hebrew word מַה־בֶּ֗צַע (mabetsa) 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.37.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.26.W4.S1) and character.