Genesis 4:9:5Gen.4.9.W5PAT
הֶ֣בֶל
hevel
“Abel”
- Transliteration
- HE-vel
- Extended
- HEH-vehl
- IPA
- /ˈhɛ.vɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abel
- French
- Abel
- Spanish
- Abel
- Portuguese
- Abel
- German
- Abel
- Russian
- Авель
- Arabic-Simplified
- هَابِيل
- Hindi
- हाबिल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亚伯
- Korean
- 아벨
- Indonesian
- Habel
- Bengali
- হেবল
- Tagalog
- Abel
- Swahili
- Habili
- Amharic
- አቤል
- Yoruba
- Abeli
- Igbo
- Ebel
- Twi
- Habel
- Ewe
- Abel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HE-vel
- phraseyour reading level
HE-vel a-KHI-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-KA-yin EI HE-vel a-KHI-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-KA-yin EI HE-vel a-KHI-kha va-YO-mer LO ya-DA-ti ha-sho-MER a-KHI a-no-KHI
In context — Genesis 4:9
LORD said to Cain where your brother Abel He said not I know I my brother keeper of
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 4:9, so the Hebrew word הֶ֣בֶל (hevel) 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.4.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.9.W5.S1) and character.