Genesis 43:20:6Gen.43.20.W6PAT
בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה
battekhilla
“the first time”
- Transliteration
- bat-te-khil-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
- a primeira vez
- German
- beim ersten Mal
- Russian
- в первый раз
- Arabic-Simplified
- في المرة الأولى
- 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
- በመጀመሪያው ጊዜ
- Yoruba
- ní ìgbà àkọ́kọ́
- Igbo
- na mbụ
- Twi
- bere a edi kan no mu
- Ewe
- le gɔmedzedze 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
bat-te-khil-LA
- clause
ya-ROD ya-RAD-nu bat-te-khil-LA lish-BAR-O-khel
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU BI a-do-NI ya-ROD ya-RAD-nu bat-te-khil-LA lish-BAR-O-khel
In context — Genesis 43:20
{And} they said please my lord indeed we came down the first time to buy food
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 43:20, so the Hebrew word בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה (battekhilla) 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.43.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.20.W6.S1) and character.