Genesis 49:12:5Gen.49.12.W5PAT

מֵחָלָֽב׃

mekhalav

than milk

Transliteration
me-kha-LAV
Extended
meh-khah-LAAV
IPA
/meː.ħaˈlaːv/

Meaning by language

English
than milk
French
que le lait
Spanish
que la leche
Portuguese
do que o leite
German
als Milch
Russian
чем молоко
Arabic-Simplified
من اللبن
Hindi
दूध से
Chinese-Simplified
比牛奶
Korean
젖보다
Indonesian
daripada susu
Bengali
দুধের চেয়ে
Tagalog
kaysa sa gatas
Swahili
kuliko maziwa
Amharic
ከወተት ይልቅ
Yoruba
ju wara lọ
Igbo
karịa mmiri ara ehi
Twi
sen nufusu
Ewe
wu nɔnɔ

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Result
מֵ + חָ + לָֽב׃
me + kha + lav
mekhalav

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-kha-LAV

  2. clause

    u-le-ven-shin-NA-yim me-kha-LAV

  3. sentence

    khakh-li-LI ei-NA-yim mi-YA-yin u-le-ven-shin-NA-yim me-kha-LAV

In contextGenesis 49:12

darker eyes than wine and whiteness of teeth than milk

About this coordinate

Genesis 49:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 49:12, so the Hebrew word מֵחָלָֽב׃ (mekhalav) 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.49.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.12.W5.S1) and character.