Genesis 43:18:12Gen.43.18.W12PAT
בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה
battekhila
“the first time”
- Transliteration
- bat-te-khi-LA
- Extended
- baht-teh-khil-LAA
- IPA
- /bat.tə.ħil.ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the first time
- French
- la première fois
- Spanish
- la primera vez
- Portuguese
- na primeira vez
- German
- beim ersten Mal
- Russian
- в первый раз
- Arabic-Simplified
- فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى
- Hindi
- पहली बार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 第一次
- Korean
- 처음에
- Indonesian
- pada kali pertama
- Bengali
- প্রথমবার
- Tagalog
- sa unang pagkakataon
- Swahili
- mara ya kwanza
- Amharic
- በመጀመሪያ
- Yoruba
- ní ìgbà àkọ́kọ́
- Igbo
- na mbụ
- Twi
- ɔberɛ a edi kan no
- Ewe
- le gɔmedzedze gbãtɔ me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bat-te-khi-LA
- clause
va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM KI hu-ve-U BEIT yo-SEF va-yom-RU al-de-VAR ha-KE-sef ha-SHAV be-am-te-kho-TEI-nu bat-te-khi-LA a-NAKH-nu mu-va-IM
- sentence
va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM KI hu-ve-U BEIT yo-SEF va-yom-RU al-de-VAR ha-KE-sef ha-SHAV be-am-te-kho-TEI-nu bat-te-khi-LA a-NAKH-nu mu-va-IM le-hit-go-LEL a-LEI-nu u-le-hit-na-PEL a-LEI-nu ve-la-KA-khat o-TA-nu la-a-va-DIM ve-et-kha-mo-REI-nu
In context — Genesis 43:18
were afraid the men because were brought house of Joseph they said on account of the money returned in our sacks the first time we are being brought to make a pretext against us and to rush upon us and to take us as slaves and our donkeys
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 43:18, so the Hebrew word בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה (battekhila) 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.43.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.18.W12.S1) and character.