Genesis 41:34:6Gen.41.34.W6PAT

וְחִמֵּשׁ֙

vekhimesh

take a fifth

Transliteration
ve-khi-MESH
Extended
veh-khih-MEHSH
IPA
/wə.ħimˈmeːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
take a fifth
French
prélève un cinquième
Spanish
tome una quinta parte
Portuguese
tome uma quinta parte
German
nehme ein Fünftel
Russian
пусть возьмёт пятую часть
Arabic-Simplified
وَلْيَأْخُذْ خُمْسًا
Hindi
पाँचवाँ भाग ले
Chinese-Simplified
征收五分之一
Korean
오분의 일을 거두게 하라
Indonesian
mengambil seperlima
Bengali
এক-পঞ্চমাংশ নিক
Tagalog
at kumuha ng ikalimang bahagi
Swahili
achukue sehemu ya tano
Amharic
አንድ አምስተኛ ይውሰድ
Yoruba
gba ìdá márùn-ún
Igbo
were otu ụzọ n'ime ise
Twi
nfa nkyɛmu anum mu baako mfi
Ewe
xɔ atɔeve me ɖeka

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + חִ + מֵּשׁ֙
ve + khi + mesh
vekhimesh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-khi-MESH

  2. clause

    ve-khi-MESH et-E-rets mi-tse-RA-yim be-SHE-va she-NEI ha-sa-VA

  3. sentence

    ya-a-SEH fa-re-O ve-yaf-KED pe-ki-DIM al-ha-A-rets ve-khi-MESH et-E-rets mi-tse-RA-yim be-SHE-va she-NEI ha-sa-VA

In contextGenesis 41:34

should act Pharaoh appoint overseers over the land take a fifth from the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 41:34, so the Hebrew word וְחִמֵּשׁ֙ (vekhimesh) 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.41.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.34.W6.S1) and character.