Genesis 48:14:16Gen.48.14.W16PAT
הַבְּכֽוֹר׃
habbekhor
“was the firstborn”
- Transliteration
- hab-be-KHOR
- Extended
- hahb-beh-KHOHR
- IPA
- /hab.bə.ˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- was the firstborn
- French
- était le premier-né
- Spanish
- era el primogénito
- Portuguese
- era o primogênito
- German
- war der Erstgeborene
- Russian
- был первенцем
- Arabic-Simplified
- البكر
- Hindi
- ज्येष्ठ था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是长子
- Korean
- 맏아들이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah yang sulung
- Bengali
- প্রথমজাত ছিল
- Tagalog
- ang panganay
- Swahili
- alikuwa mzaliwa wa kwanza
- Amharic
- በኩር ነበር
- Yoruba
- ni àkọ́bí
- Igbo
- bụ ọkpara
- Twi
- yɛ abakan no
- Ewe
- nye vi gbãtɔ la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hab-be-KHOR
- clause
si-KEL et-ya-DAV KI me-na-SHEH hab-be-KHOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH yis-ra-EL et-ye-mi-NO va-YA-shet al-ROSH ef-RA-yim ve-HU ha-tsa-IR ve-et-se-mo-LO al-ROSH me-na-SHEH si-KEL et-ya-DAV KI me-na-SHEH hab-be-KHOR
In context — Genesis 48:14
{And} stretched out Israel his right hand placed on the head of Ephraim he was the younger and his left hand on the head of Manasseh he guided his hands for Manasseh was the firstborn
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 48:14, so the Hebrew word הַבְּכֽוֹר׃ (habbekhor) 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.48.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.14.W16.S1) and character.