Genesis 42:5:8Gen.42.5.W8PAT

הָרָעָ֖ב

haraav

the famine

Transliteration
ha-ra-AV
Extended
hah-rah-AAV
IPA
/haː.raː.ˈʕaːv/

Meaning by language

English
the famine
French
la famine
Spanish
la hambruna
Portuguese
a fome
German
die Hungersnot
Russian
голод
Arabic-Simplified
المجاعة
Hindi
वह अकाल
Chinese-Simplified
那饥荒
Korean
그 기근
Indonesian
kelaparan itu
Bengali
দুর্ভিক্ষটি
Tagalog
taggutom
Swahili
njaa ile
Amharic
ረሃቡ
Yoruba
ìyàn náà
Igbo
ụnwụ nri ahụ
Twi
ɔkɔm no
Ewe
dɔlé la

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Result
הָ + רָ + עָ֖ב
ha + ra + av
haraav

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ra-AV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-ha-YA ha-ra-AV

  3. clause

    ki-ha-YA ha-ra-AV be-E-rets ke-na-AN

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO-u be-NEI yis-ra-EL li-she-BOR be-TOKH ha-ba-IM ki-ha-YA ha-ra-AV be-E-rets ke-na-AN

In contextGenesis 42:5

came sons of Israel to buy grain among those coming for there was the famine in the land of Canaan

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:5, so the Hebrew word הָרָעָ֖ב (haraav) 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.42.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.5.W8.S1) and character.