Genesis 38:8:9Gen.38.8.W9PAT
וְהָקֵ֥ם
vehakem
“and raise up”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-KEM
- Extended
- veh-haa-KEEM
- IPA
- /və.haːˈqeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and raise up
- French
- et suscite
- Spanish
- y levanta
- Portuguese
- e levanta
- German
- und richte auf
- Russian
- и воздвигни
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأقم
- Hindi
- और खड़ा कर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并兴起
- Korean
- 그리고 일으켜라
- Indonesian
- dan bangkitkan
- Bengali
- এবং স্থাপন কর
- Tagalog
- at itayo
- Swahili
- na usimamishe
- Amharic
- እና አስነሣ
- Yoruba
- ki o si gbé dide
- Igbo
- wee bulie
- Twi
- na ma so
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-KEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-KEM ZE-ra
- clause
ve-ha-KEM ZE-ra le-a-KHI-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA le-o-NAN BO el-E-shet a-KHI-kha ve-yab-BEM o-TAH ve-ha-KEM ZE-ra le-a-KHI-kha
In context — Genesis 38:8
and said Judah to Onan go in to the wife of your brother and perform brother-in-law duty her and raise up seed for your brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 38:8, so the Hebrew word וְהָקֵ֥ם (vehakem) 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.38.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.8.W9.S1) and character.