Genesis 4:26:8Gen.4.26.W8PAT

הוּחַ֔ל

hukhal

began

Transliteration
hu-KHAL
Extended
hoo-KHAHL
IPA
/hu.ˈħal/

Meaning by language

English
began
French
on commença
Spanish
se comenzó
Portuguese
foi começado
German
begann
Russian
было начато
Arabic-Simplified
ابتُدِئَ
Hindi
आरम्भ हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
开始
Korean
시작되었다
Indonesian
dimulai
Bengali
শুরু হল
Tagalog
sinimulan
Swahili
ilianza
Amharic
ተጀመረ
Yoruba
a bẹ̀rẹ̀
Igbo
a malitere
Twi
wɔhyɛɛ ase
Ewe
wodze egɔme

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Result
הוּ + חַ֔ל
hu + khal
hukhal

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    hu-KHAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    AZ hu-KHAL

  3. clause

    AZ hu-KHAL lik-RO be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    u-le-SHET gam-HU yul-lad-BEN va-yik-RA et-she-MO e-NOSH AZ hu-KHAL lik-RO be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 4:26

and to Seth he also a son was born {And} called his name Enosh then began to call in the name of LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 4:26, so the Hebrew word הוּחַ֔ל (hukhal) 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.4.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.26.W8.S1) and character.