Genesis 48:12:5Gen.48.12.W5PAT
בִּרְכָּ֑יו
birkav
“his knees”
- Transliteration
- bir-KAV
- Extended
- bir-KAAV
- IPA
- /bir.ˈkaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his knees
- French
- ses genoux
- Spanish
- sus rodillas
- Portuguese
- seus joelhos
- German
- seinen Knien
- Russian
- его коленей
- Arabic-Simplified
- رُكْبَتَيْهِ
- Hindi
- उसके घुटनों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他的膝上
- Korean
- 그의 무릎
- Indonesian
- lututnya
- Bengali
- তার হাঁটু
- Tagalog
- kaniyang mga tuhod
- Swahili
- magotini pake
- Amharic
- ጉልበቶቹ
- Yoruba
- orúnkún rẹ̀
- Igbo
- ikpere ya
- Twi
- ne nkotodwe so
- Ewe
- eƒe klo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
בִּרְ + כָּ֑יו
↓
bir + kav
↓
birkav
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
bir-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
me-IM bir-KAV
- clause
va-yo-TSE yo-SEF o-TAM me-IM bir-KAV
- sentence
va-yo-TSE yo-SEF o-TAM me-IM bir-KAV va-yish-ta-KHU le-ap-PAV ar-TSA
In context — Genesis 48:12
{He} removed Joseph them from his knees He prostrated himself his face toward the ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 48:12, so the Hebrew word בִּרְכָּ֑יו (birkav) 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.48.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.12.W5.S1) and character.