Genesis 37:3:2Gen.37.3.W2PAT

אָהַ֤ב

ahav

loved

Transliteration
a-HAV
Extended
aa-HAV
IPA
/ʔaːˈhav/

Meaning by language

English
loved
French
aima
Spanish
amó
Portuguese
amou
German
liebte
Russian
любил
Arabic-Simplified
أَحَبَّ
Hindi
प्रेम करता था
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
사랑하였다
Indonesian
mengasihi
Bengali
ভালোবাসত
Tagalog
minahal
Swahili
alipenda
Amharic
ወደደ
Yoruba
fẹ́
Igbo
hụrụ n'anya
Twi
dɔɔ

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Result
אָ + הַ֤ב
a + hav
ahav

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-HAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-HAV ET-yo-SEF

  3. clause

    ve-yi-se-ra-EL a-HAV ET-yo-SEF mi-KAL-ba-NAV ki-VEN-ze-ku-NIM HU LO

  4. sentence

    ve-yi-se-ra-EL a-HAV ET-yo-SEF mi-KAL-ba-NAV ki-VEN-ze-ku-NIM HU LO ve-a-SA LO ke-TO-net pa-SIM

In contextGenesis 37:3

and Israel loved Joseph than all his sons because a son of old age he to him and made for him a tunic stripes

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 37:3, so the Hebrew word אָהַ֤ב (ahav) 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.37.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.3.W2.S1) and character.