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

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Result
אֶפְ + רָ֔ת
ef + rat
efrat

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ef-RAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-DE-rekh ef-RAT

  3. clause

    va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.