Genesis 44:12:3Gen.44.12.W3PAT

הֵחֵ֔ל

hekhel

he began

Transliteration
he-KHEL
Extended
heh-KHEHL
IPA
/heː.ˈxeːl/

Meaning by language

English
he began
French
il commença
Spanish
comenzó
Portuguese
começou
German
begann er
Russian
он начал
Arabic-Simplified
بَدَأَ
Hindi
उसने आरम्भ किया
Chinese-Simplified
开始
Korean
시작하였다
Indonesian
ia mulai
Bengali
তিনি শুরু করলেন
Tagalog
siya ay nagsimula
Swahili
akaanza
Amharic
ጀመረ
Yoruba
ó bẹ̀rẹ̀
Igbo
o bidoro
Twi
ofii ase
Ewe
eɖe gɔme

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Result
הֵ + חֵ֔ל
he + khel
hekhel

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    he-KHEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bag-ga-DOL he-KHEL

  3. clause

    va-ye-khap-PES bag-ga-DOL he-KHEL u-bak-ka-TON kil-LA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-khap-PES bag-ga-DOL he-KHEL u-bak-ka-TON kil-LA va-yim-ma-TSE hag-ga-VI-a be-am-TA-khat bin-ya-MIN

In contextGenesis 44:12

{And} he searched with the eldest he began and with the youngest he finished {And} was found the cup in the sack of Benjamin

About this coordinate

Genesis 44:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 44:12, so the Hebrew word הֵחֵ֔ל (hekhel) 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.44.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.12.W3.S1) and character.