Genesis 38:12:12Gen.38.12.W12PAT
וְחִירָ֛ה
vekhira
“and Hirah”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-RA
- Extended
- veh-khee-RAA
- IPA
- /vəħiːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Hirah
- French
- et Hira
- Spanish
- y Hira
- Portuguese
- e Hira
- German
- und Hira
- Russian
- и Хира
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحِيرَةَ
- Hindi
- और हीरा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和希拉
- Korean
- 그리고 히라
- Indonesian
- dan Hira
- Bengali
- এবং হীরা
- Tagalog
- at si Hira
- Swahili
- na Hira
- Amharic
- እና ሒራ
- Yoruba
- ati Hira
- Igbo
- na Hira
- Twi
- na Hira
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-khi-RA
- clause
va-yi-na-KHEM ye-hu-DA va-YA-al al-go-za-ZEI tso-NO HU ve-khi-RA re-E-hu ha-a-du-la-MI ti-me-na-TA
- sentence
va-yi-re-BU ha-ya-MIM va-TA-mot bat-SHU-a e-shet-ye-hu-DA va-yi-na-KHEM ye-hu-DA va-YA-al al-go-za-ZEI tso-NO HU ve-khi-RA re-E-hu ha-a-du-la-MI ti-me-na-TA
In context — Genesis 38:12
and they became many the days and she died daughter of Shua wife of Judah and he was comforted Judah and he went up to the shearers of his flock he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite to Timnah
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 38:12, so the Hebrew word וְחִירָ֛ה (vekhira) 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.38.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.12.W12.S1) and character.