Genesis 37:29:3Gen.37.29.W3PAT
אֶל־הַבּ֔וֹר
elhabor
“to the pit”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-BOR
- Extended
- ehl-hah-BOHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.habˈboːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the pit
- French
- vers la citerne
- Spanish
- al pozo
- Portuguese
- ao poço
- German
- zu der Grube
- Russian
- к яме
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى البئر
- Hindi
- उस गड्ढे के पास
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到那坑
- Korean
- 그 구덩이로
- Indonesian
- ke lubang
- Bengali
- গর্তে
- Tagalog
- sa hukay
- Swahili
- kwenye shimo
- Amharic
- ወደ ጉድጓዱ
- Yoruba
- sí ihò náà
- Igbo
- n'ebe olulu ahụ
- Twi
- kɔ amena no mu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-BOR
- clause
va-ya-SHAV re-u-VEN el-ha-BOR ve-hin-NE en-yo-SEF ba-BOR
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV re-u-VEN el-ha-BOR ve-hin-NE en-yo-SEF ba-BOR va-yik-e-RA et-be-ga-DAV
In context — Genesis 37:29
and returned Reuben to the pit and behold Joseph was not in the pit and tore his garments
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 37:29, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַבּ֔וֹר (elhabor) 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.37.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.29.W3.S1) and character.