Genesis 48:7:17Gen.48.7.W17PAT
אֶפְרָ֔ת
efrat
“to Ephrath”
- Transliteration
- ef-RAT
- Extended
- ehf-RAAT
- IPA
- /ʔɛfˈraːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Ephrath
- French
- vers Éphrath
- Spanish
- hacia Efrata
- Portuguese
- para Efrata
- German
- nach Efrata
- Russian
- к Ефрафе
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِلَى أَفْرَاتَ
- Hindi
- एप्रात की ओर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 往以法他
- Korean
- 에브랏으로
- Indonesian
- ke Efrata
- Bengali
- এফ্রাথের দিকে
- Tagalog
- patungong Efrata
- Swahili
- kwenda Efratha
- Amharic
- ወደ ኤፍራት
- Yoruba
- sí Efurata
- Igbo
- gaa Efrata
- Twi
- kɔ Efrata
- Ewe
- yi Efrata
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ef-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
be-DE-rekh ef-RAT
- clause
va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem
- sentence
va-a-NI be-vo-I mi-pad-DAN me-TA a-LAI ra-KHEL be-E-rets ke-na-AN ba-DE-rekh be-OD kiv-rat-E-rets la-VO ef-ra-TA va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem
In context — Genesis 48:7
and I in my coming from Paddan died upon me Rachel in the land of Canaan on the way while still a stretch of land to reach Ephrath buried her there on the way to Ephrath that is house of bread
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:7:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 48:7, so the Hebrew word אֶפְרָ֔ת (efrat) 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.48.7.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.7.W17.S1) and character.