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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-KHEL
- phraseyour reading level
bag-ga-DOL he-KHEL
- clause
va-ye-khap-PES bag-ga-DOL he-KHEL u-bak-ka-TON kil-LA
- 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 context — Genesis 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.