Genesis 42:9:10Gen.42.9.W10PAT

מְרַגְּלִ֣ים

meraglim

spies

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

Meaning by language

English
spies
French
espions
Spanish
espías
Portuguese
espiões
German
Spione
Russian
соглядатаи
Arabic-Simplified
جَوَاسِيس
Hindi
भेदिए
Chinese-Simplified
探子
Korean
정탐꾼들
Indonesian
pengintai
Bengali
গুপ্তচর
Tagalog
mga espiya
Swahili
wapelelezi
Amharic
ሰላዮች
Yoruba
àwọn amí
Igbo
ndị nledo
Twi
spaefoɔ
Ewe
mɔkpɔlawo

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Result
מְ + רַגְּ + לִ֣ים
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

    me-rag-LIM a-TEM

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER a-le-HEM me-rag-LIM a-TEM li-re-OT et-er-VAT ha-A-rets ba-TEM

  4. sentence

    va-yiz-KOR yo-SEF ET ha-kha-lo-MOT a-SHER kha-LAM la-HEM va-yo-MER a-le-HEM me-rag-LIM a-TEM li-re-OT et-er-VAT ha-A-rets ba-TEM

In contextGenesis 42:9

remembered Joseph the dreams that he dreamed about them he said to them spies you to see nakedness of the land came

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 42:9, so the Hebrew word מְרַגְּלִ֣ים (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.42.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.9.W10.S1) and character.