Genesis 43:2:14Gen.43.2.W14PAT
מְעַט־אֹֽכֶל׃
meatokhel
“a little food”
- Transliteration
- me-at-O-khel
- Extended
- meh-aht-OH-khehl
- IPA
- /mə.ʕat.ˈʔoː.xɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- a little food
- French
- un peu de nourriture
- Spanish
- un poco de alimento
- Portuguese
- um pouco de comida
- German
- ein wenig Nahrung
- Russian
- немного пищи
- Arabic-Simplified
- قليلا من الطعام
- Hindi
- थोड़ा भोजन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一点食物
- Korean
- 조금의 음식
- Indonesian
- sedikit makanan
- Bengali
- অল্প খাদ্য
- Tagalog
- kaunting pagkain
- Swahili
- chakula kidogo
- Amharic
- ጥቂት ምግብ
- Yoruba
- oúnjẹ díẹ̀
- Igbo
- ntakịrị nri
- Twi
- aduan kakra
- Ewe
- nuɖuɖu sue
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-at-O-khel
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-ru-LA-nu me-at-O-khel
- clause
va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM a-vi-HEM shu-VOO shiv-ru-LA-nu me-at-O-khel
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER ki-LU le-e-KHOL et-ha-SHE-ver a-SHER he-VI-u mi-mits-RA-yim va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM a-vi-HEM shu-VOO shiv-ru-LA-nu me-at-O-khel
In context — Genesis 43:2
And it happened when they had finished eating the grain that they had brought from Egypt {He} said to them their father Return buy for us a little food
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 43:2, so the Hebrew word מְעַט־אֹֽכֶל׃ (meatokhel) 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.43.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.2.W14.S1) and character.