Genesis 38:11:15Gen.38.11.W15PAT

כְּאֶחָ֑יו

keekhav

like his brothers

Transliteration
ke-e-KHAV
Extended
keh-eh-KHAAV
IPA
/kə.ʔɛˈħaːv/

Meaning by language

English
like his brothers
French
comme ses frères
Spanish
como sus hermanos
Portuguese
como seus irmãos
German
wie seine Brüder
Russian
как его братья
Arabic-Simplified
مثل إخوته
Hindi
अपने भाइयों के समान
Chinese-Simplified
像他的弟兄们一样
Korean
그의 형제들처럼
Indonesian
seperti saudara-saudaranya
Bengali
তার ভাইদের মতো
Tagalog
gaya ng kaniyang mga kapatid
Swahili
kama ndugu zake
Amharic
እንደ ወንድሞቹ
Yoruba
bí àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀
Igbo
dịka ụmụnne ya nwoke
Twi
te sɛ ne nuanom

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Result
כְּ + אֶ + חָ֑יו
ke + e + khav
keekhav

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-e-KHAV

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA le-ta-MAR kal-la-TO she-VI al-ma-NA veyt-a-VIKH ad-yig-DAL she-LA be-NI KI a-MAR pen-ya-MUT gam-HU ke-e-KHAV

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA le-ta-MAR kal-la-TO she-VI al-ma-NA veyt-a-VIKH ad-yig-DAL she-LA be-NI KI a-MAR pen-ya-MUT gam-HU ke-e-KHAV va-TE-lekh ta-MAR va-TE-shev BEYT a-vi-HA

In contextGenesis 38:11

and said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law remain a widow house of your father until he grows up Shelah my son for he said lest he die he also like his brothers and she went Tamar and she dwelt house of her father

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:11:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 38:11, so the Hebrew word כְּאֶחָ֑יו (keekhav) 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.38.11.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.11.W15.S1) and character.