Genesis 47:19:9Gen.47.19.W9PAT

בַּלָּ֑חֶם

ballakhem

for the bread

Transliteration
bal-LA-khem
Extended
bal-LAA-khem
IPA
/balˈlaː.ħɛm/

Meaning by language

English
for the bread
French
pour le pain
Spanish
por el pan
Portuguese
pelo pão
German
für das Brot
Russian
за хлеб
Arabic-Simplified
بالخبز
Hindi
रोटी के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
为粮食
Korean
그 빵을 위해
Indonesian
untuk roti itu
Bengali
রুটির জন্য
Tagalog
para sa tinapay
Swahili
kwa mkate
Amharic
ለእንጀራው
Yoruba
fun akara
Igbo
maka achịcha
Twi
ma paano no
Ewe
na burodi la

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Result
בַּל + לָּ֑ + חֶם
bal + la + khem
ballakhem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    bal-LA-khem

  2. clause

    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

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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 47:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 47:19, so the Hebrew word בַּלָּ֑חֶם (ballakhem) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.19.W9.S1) and character.