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

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Result
בַּת + תְּ + חִל + לָּ֖ה
bat + te + khil + la
battekhilla

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    bat-te-khil-LA

  2. clause

    ya-ROD ya-RAD-nu bat-te-khil-LA lish-BAR-O-khel

  3. sentence

    va-yo-me-RU BI a-do-NI ya-ROD ya-RAD-nu bat-te-khil-LA lish-BAR-O-khel

In contextGenesis 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.