Genesis 47:19:16Gen.47.19.W16PAT
וְנִֽחְיֶה֙
venikhye
“we may live”
- Transliteration
- ve-nikh-YE
- Extended
- veh-nikh-YEH
- IPA
- /wə.niħˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- we may live
- French
- nous vivions
- Spanish
- vivamos
- Portuguese
- vivamos
- German
- wir leben
- Russian
- мы будем жить
- Arabic-Simplified
- ونحيا
- Hindi
- हम जीवित रहें
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我们得以活着
- Korean
- 우리가 살 것입니다
- Indonesian
- kami akan hidup
- Bengali
- আমরা বাঁচি
- Tagalog
- mabuhay kami
- Swahili
- tutaishi
- Amharic
- እንድንኖር
- Yoruba
- a lè yè
- Igbo
- anyị dịrị ndụ
- Twi
- yɛbɛtena nkwa mu
- Ewe
- míatsi agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nikh-YE
- clause
ve-nih-YE a-NAKH-nu ve-ad-ma-TE-nu a-va-DIM le-far-O ve-ten-ZE-ra ve-nikh-YE ve-LO na-MUT ve-ha-a-da-MA LO te-SHAM
- sentence
la-MA na-MUT le-ei-NE-kha gam-a-NAKH-nu GAM ad-ma-TE-nu ke-neh-o-TA-nu ve-et-ad-ma-TE-nu bal-LA-khem ve-nih-YE a-NAKH-nu ve-ad-ma-TE-nu a-va-DIM le-far-O ve-ten-ZE-ra ve-nikh-YE ve-LO na-MUT ve-ha-a-da-MA LO te-SHAM
In context — Genesis 47:19
why will die before your eyes also we also our land buy us and our land for the bread will be we and our land servants to Pharaoh give seed we may live and not we will die and the land not be desolate
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 47:19, so the Hebrew word וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ (venikhye) 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.47.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.19.W16.S1) and character.