Genesis 47:17:15Gen.47.17.W15PAT

בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙

balekhem

with the bread

Transliteration
ba-LE-khem
Extended
bah-LEH-khem
IPA
/balˈlɛ.ħɛm/

Meaning by language

English
with the bread
French
avec le pain
Spanish
con el pan
Portuguese
com o pão
German
mit dem Brot
Russian
хлебом
Arabic-Simplified
بِالْخُبْزِ
Hindi
रोटी से
Chinese-Simplified
用粮食
Korean
그 빵으로
Indonesian
dengan roti itu
Bengali
রুটির দ্বারা
Tagalog
sa pamamagitan ng tinapay
Swahili
kwa mkate
Amharic
በእንጀራው
Yoruba
pẹ̀lú burẹdi náà
Igbo
n'achịcha ahụ
Twi
brodo no mu
Ewe
kple burodi la

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Result
בַּ + לֶּ֙ + חֶם֙
ba + le + khem
balekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-LE-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-na-ha-LEM ba-LE-khem

  3. clause

    va-ye-na-ha-LEM ba-LE-khem be-khol-mik-NE-hem ba-sha-NA ha-HI

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VI-u et-mik-NEI-hem el-yo-SEF va-yi-TEN la-HEM yo-SEF LE-khem ba-su-SIM u-ve-mik-NE ha-TSON u-ve-mik-NE ha-ba-KAR u-va-kha-mo-RIM va-ye-na-ha-LEM ba-LE-khem be-khol-mik-NE-hem ba-sha-NA ha-HI

In contextGenesis 47:17

{And} they brought their livestock to Joseph {He} gave to them Joseph bread for the horses and for livestock of the flock and for livestock of the cattle and for the donkeys He sustained them with the bread for all their livestock in the year that

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 47:17, so the Hebrew word בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ (balekhem) 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.47.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.17.W15.S1) and character.