Genesis 47:20:12Gen.47.20.W12PAT

הָרָעָ֑ב

haraav

the famine

Transliteration
ha-ra-AV
Extended
hah-rah-AAV
IPA
/haː.raː.ˈʕaːv/

Meaning by language

English
the famine
French
la famine
Spanish
el hambre
Portuguese
a fome
German
die Hungersnot
Russian
голод
Arabic-Simplified
المجاعة
Hindi
अकाल
Chinese-Simplified
那饥荒
Korean
그 기근이
Indonesian
kelaparan itu
Bengali
দুর্ভিক্ষটি
Tagalog
ang taggutom
Swahili
njaa hiyo
Amharic
ረሃቡ
Yoruba
ìyàn náà
Igbo
oké ụnwụ ahụ
Twi
ɔkɔm no
Ewe
dɔwuame la

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Result
הָ + רָ + עָ֑ב
ha + ra + av
haraav

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ra-AV

  2. clause

    va-yi-KEN yo-SEF et-kol-ad-MAT mits-RA-yim le-far-OH ki-makh-RU mits-RA-yim ISH sa-DE-hu ki-kha-ZAK a-le-HEM ha-ra-AV

  3. sentence

    va-yi-KEN yo-SEF et-kol-ad-MAT mits-RA-yim le-far-OH ki-makh-RU mits-RA-yim ISH sa-DE-hu ki-kha-ZAK a-le-HEM ha-ra-AV va-te-HI ha-A-rets le-far-OH

In contextGenesis 47:20

{And} bought Joseph all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh because sold the Egyptians each man his field because was severe upon them the famine {And} became the land the property of Pharaoh

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 47:20, so the Hebrew word הָרָעָ֑ב (haraav) 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.47.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.20.W12.S1) and character.