Genesis 38:6:5Gen.38.6.W5PAT
בְּכוֹר֑וֹ
bekhoro
“his firstborn”
- Transliteration
- be-kho-RO
- Extended
- beh-khoh-ROH
- IPA
- /bə.xoˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his firstborn
- French
- son premier-né
- Spanish
- su primogénito
- Portuguese
- seu primogênito
- German
- sein Erstgeborener
- Russian
- его первенец
- Arabic-Simplified
- بِكْرُهُ
- Hindi
- उसका पहिलौठा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他的长子
- Korean
- 그의 맏아들
- Indonesian
- anak sulungnya
- Bengali
- তার প্রথমজাত
- Tagalog
- kaniyang panganay
- Swahili
- mzaliwa wake wa kwanza
- Amharic
- በኩር ልጁ
- Yoruba
- àkọ́bí rẹ̀
- Igbo
- ọkpara ya
- Twi
- n'abakan a odi kan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
בְּ + כוֹ + ר֑וֹ
↓
be + kho + ro
↓
bekhoro
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-kho-RO
- phraseyour reading level
le-ER be-kho-RO
- clause
va-yik-KAKH ye-hu-DA ish-SHA le-ER be-kho-RO
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH ye-hu-DA ish-SHA le-ER be-kho-RO u-she-MAH ta-MAR
In context — Genesis 38:6
and took Judah a wife for Er his firstborn and her name Tamar
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 38:6, so the Hebrew word בְּכוֹר֑וֹ (bekhoro) 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.38.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.6.W5.S1) and character.