Genesis 42:34:8Gen.42.34.W8PAT

מְרַגְּלִים֙

meraglim

spies

Transliteration
me-rag-LIM
Extended
meh-rag-LEEM
IPA
/mə.rag.ˈliːm/

Meaning by language

English
spies
French
des espions
Spanish
espías
Portuguese
espiões
German
Spione
Russian
соглядатаи
Arabic-Simplified
جواسيس
Hindi
भेदिए
Chinese-Simplified
探子
Korean
정탐꾼들
Indonesian
mata-mata
Bengali
গুপ্তচর
Tagalog
mga espiya
Swahili
wapelelezi
Amharic
ሰላዮች
Yoruba
amí-àwárí
Igbo
ndị nledo
Twi
ahintasɛm hwehwɛfoɔ
Ewe
klaloawo

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Result
מְ + רַגְּ + לִים֙
me + rag + lim
meraglim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-rag-LIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI LO me-rag-LIM

  3. clause

    ve-ha-vi-U et-a-KHI-khem ha-ka-TON e-LAI ve-ed-A KI LO me-rag-LIM a-TEM KI khe-NIM a-TEM

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-vi-U et-a-KHI-khem ha-ka-TON e-LAI ve-ed-A KI LO me-rag-LIM a-TEM KI khe-NIM a-TEM et-a-KHI-khem e-TEN la-KHEM ve-et-ha-A-rets tis-kha-RU

In contextGenesis 42:34

bring your brother the youngest to me I will know that not spies you are but honest you are your brother I will give to you {And} in the land you will trade

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:34, so the Hebrew word מְרַגְּלִים֙ (meraglim) 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.42.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.34.W8.S1) and character.