Genesis 48:18:7Gen.48.18.W7PAT

הַבְּכֹ֔ר

habbekhor

the firstborn

Transliteration
hab-be-KHOR
Extended
hah-beh-KHOHR
IPA
/hab.bəˈxoːr/

Meaning by language

English
the firstborn
French
le premier-né
Spanish
el primogénito
Portuguese
o primogênito
German
der Erstgeborene
Russian
первенец
Arabic-Simplified
البكر
Hindi
ज्येष्ठ पुत्र है
Chinese-Simplified
长子
Korean
맏아들이다
Indonesian
anak sulung
Bengali
জ্যেষ্ঠপুত্র
Tagalog
panganay
Swahili
mzaliwa wa kwanza
Amharic
በኩር ልጅ ነው
Yoruba
àkọ́bí
Igbo
ọkpara
Twi
abakan
Ewe
vi gbãtɔ la

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Result
הַב + בְּ + כֹ֔ר
hab + be + khor
habbekhor

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    hab-be-KHOR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-ZE hab-be-KHOR

  3. clause

    ki-ZE hab-be-KHOR SIM ye-min-KHA al-ro-SHO

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-a-VIV lo-KHEN a-VI ki-ZE hab-be-KHOR SIM ye-min-KHA al-ro-SHO

In contextGenesis 48:18

{He} said Joseph to his father not so my father for this one is the firstborn put your right hand on his head

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 48:18, so the Hebrew word הַבְּכֹ֔ר (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.48.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.18.W7.S1) and character.