Genesis 42:23:8Gen.42.23.W8PAT
הַמֵּלִ֖יץ
hamelits
“the interpreter was”
- Transliteration
- ha-me-LITS
- Extended
- hah-meh-LIHTS
- IPA
- /ham.meˈlits/
Meaning by language
- English
- the interpreter was
- French
- l'interprète était
- Spanish
- el intérprete estaba
- Portuguese
- o intérprete estava
- German
- der Dolmetscher war
- Russian
- переводчик был
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْمُتَرْجِمُ كَانَ
- Hindi
- दुभाषिया था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那位翻译者在
- Korean
- 통역자가
- Indonesian
- penerjemah itu berada
- Bengali
- দোভাষীটি ছিল
- Tagalog
- ang tagapagsalin ay nasa
- Swahili
- mkalimani alikuwa
- Amharic
- ተርጓሚው
- Yoruba
- onítúmọ̀ náà wà
- Igbo
- onye ntụgharị okwu ahụ nọ
- Twi
- nkyerɛasefo no wɔ
- Ewe
- gɔmeɖela la nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הַ + מֵּ + לִ֖יץ
↓
ha + me + lits
↓
hamelits
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-me-LITS
- phraseyour reading level
KI ha-me-LITS
- clause
KI ha-me-LITS bei-no-TAM
- sentence
ve-HEM LO ya-de-U KI sho-ME-a yo-SEF KI ha-me-LITS bei-no-TAM
In context — Genesis 42:23
and they did not know that understood Joseph for the interpreter was between them
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:23, so the Hebrew word הַמֵּלִ֖יץ (hamelits) 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.42.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.23.W8.S1) and character.