Genesis 38:1:12Gen.38.1.W12PAT
חִירָֽה׃
khira
“Hirah”
- Transliteration
- khi-RA
- Extended
- khee-RAA
- IPA
- /ħiː.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hirah
- French
- Hira
- Spanish
- Hirá
- Portuguese
- Hira
- German
- Hira
- Russian
- Хира
- Arabic-Simplified
- حيرة
- Hindi
- हीरा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 希拉
- Korean
- 히라
- Indonesian
- Hira
- Bengali
- হীরা
- Tagalog
- Hira
- Swahili
- Hira
- Amharic
- ሒራ
- Yoruba
- Hira
- Igbo
- Hira
- Twi
- Hira
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khi-RA
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-MO khi-RA
- clause
va-YET ad-ISH a-dul-la-MI u-she-MO khi-RA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YE-red ye-hu-DA me-ET e-KHAV va-YET ad-ISH a-dul-la-MI u-she-MO khi-RA
In context — Genesis 38:1
and it happened at the time that and went down Judah from his brothers and turned aside to a man Adullamite and his name Hirah
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 38:1, so the Hebrew word חִירָֽה׃ (khira) 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.38.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.1.W12.S1) and character.