Genesis 48:9:12Gen.48.9.W12PAT
וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם׃
vaavarakhem
“that I may bless them”
- Transliteration
- va-a-va-ra-KHEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-vah-rah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /wa.ʔă.vaː.ră.ˈxeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- that I may bless them
- French
- afin que je les bénisse
- Spanish
- para bendecirlos
- Portuguese
- para os abençoar
- German
- damit ich sie segne
- Russian
- чтобы я благословил их
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأباركهم
- Hindi
- कि मैं उन्हें आशीर्वाद दूँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 好让我祝福他们
- Korean
- 내가 그들에게 복을 주도록
- Indonesian
- supaya aku memberkati mereka
- Bengali
- যেন আমি তাদের আশীর্বাদ করি
- Tagalog
- upang mapagpala ko sila
- Swahili
- ili niwabariki
- Amharic
- እንድባርካቸው
- Yoruba
- ki n lè bù kún wọn
- Igbo
- ka m gọzie ha
- Twi
- sɛ mɛhyira wɔn
- Ewe
- be ma ayra wo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-va-ra-KHEM
- clause
va-YO-mar ka-khem-NA e-LAI va-a-va-ra-KHEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-a-VIV ba-NAI HEM a-sher-na-tan-LI e-lo-HIM ba-ZEH va-YO-mar ka-khem-NA e-LAI va-a-va-ra-KHEM
In context — Genesis 48:9
{And} {He} said Joseph to his father my sons they whom gave me God here {And} He said bring them, please to me that I may bless them
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 48:9, so the Hebrew word וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם׃ (vaavarakhem) 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.48.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.9.W12.S1) and character.