Genesis 41:50:5Gen.41.50.W5PAT

בְּטֶ֥רֶם

beterem

before

Transliteration
be-TE-rem
Extended
beh-TEH-rehm
IPA
/bə.ˈtɛ.rɛm/

Meaning by language

English
before
French
avant que
Spanish
antes de que
Portuguese
antes que
German
bevor
Russian
прежде чем
Arabic-Simplified
قبل أن
Hindi
से पहले
Chinese-Simplified
以前
Korean
전에
Indonesian
sebelum
Bengali
আগে
Tagalog
bago
Swahili
kabla ya
Amharic
በፊት
Yoruba
ki
Igbo
tupu
Twi
ansa na
Ewe
hafi

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Result
בְּ + טֶ֥ + רֶם
be + te + rem
beterem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-TE-rem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-TE-rem ta-VO

  3. clause

    u-le-yo-SEF yu-LAD she-NE va-NIM be-TE-rem ta-VO she-NAT ha-ra-AV

  4. sentence

    u-le-yo-SEF yu-LAD she-NE va-NIM be-TE-rem ta-VO she-NAT ha-ra-AV a-SHER yal-da-LO as-NAT bat-PO-ti FE-ra ko-HEN ON

In contextGenesis 41:50

to Joseph were born two sons before came year of the famine whom bore to him Asenath daughter of Poti phera priest of On

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:50:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 41:50, so the Hebrew word בְּטֶ֥רֶם (beterem) 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.41.50.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.50.W5.S1) and character.